[comp.sys.next] RenderMan is only a partial solution

rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini) (08/13/89)

to 3D graphics and color.  It is very good at the coloring/shading end,
average in specifying geometric attributes, and barely addresses the issue
of graphic object organization.  The specificiation is low-level, but
fairly complete.  That means RenderMan programs will require a fairly large
number of subroutine calls will accompanying increased probability of bugs
until more abstract front ends are constructed.  Perhaps NeXT is designing such
in NeXTStep now.