Re: [Visualpython-users] OS X Native

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

It is complex code for a reason: performance. Computers do get faster, 
so this is a moving target. But when David Scherer was first 
implementing the Visual module in the spring of 2000, with a need to run 
on 200 Mhz PC's, it was not an option to use anything other than very 
tightly coded multithreaded C++. I don't know enough about other 
alternatives to be able to judge whether it would be feasible now to use 
a simpler architecture, though I doubt it.

Bruce Sherwood

Ilan Volow wrote:
> I've never understood why VPython wasn't written purely in python  using 
> PyOpenGL as opposed to using C/C++ to do the OpenGL stuff as it  
> currently does. The few times I've looked at the VPython code, it  
> looked like a messy interweaving of python calling C calling python  
> calling C calling python etc. If all the OpenGL stuff were done with  
> PyOpenGL (and possibly PyGame), I would think that the code would be  
> cleaner and far more portable.
> 
> 
> On Jun 24, 2005, at 3:56 PM, Dethe Elza wrote:
> 
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>> I realize that it's easier, but I don't want Fink on my system.   Too 
>> many problems last time I did that.  Also, while I have X11  installed 
>> (just in case), I really prefer not to use it--and don't  see why I 
>> should for an OpenGL-based program when OS X has great  OpenGL support.
>>
>> So I'll tilt at the windmill and see who wins.  %-)
>>
>> --Dethe
>>
>> This past week, everyday when I opened my Wall Street Journal, I  was 
>> met with a full page ad from Microsoft. This ad was dominated  by 
>> three simple words "Protect your PC." This strikes me as  something 
>> akin to the Saudi government running ads in the New York  Times in 
>> mid-September of 2001 saying "Protect your Tall  Buildings." --Russ 
>> McGuire
>>
>>
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