Let's talk about this once we're getting there ;-) I'm still trying to
figure out if there is any way of getting HW accelleration the way I want
out of a Mac.

  Andreas
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> ----------
> From: 	Lawson English
> Reply To: 	squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 28, 1999 7:57 AM
> To: 	squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
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> Subject: 	RE: Fwd: Quesa 0.0.2
> 
> Raab, Andreas <Andreas.Raab at disney.com>
> 
> >In fact, if you look closely at
> >Squeak-Alice then you'll notice that Squeak-Alice *is* a retained mode
> >framework - and a pretty good one at this because it allows you to script
> >arbitrary objects in the 3D world. That it is currently not at the same
> >speed as other retained mode frameworks has nothing at all to do with
> >Squeak-Alice. It is the immediate mode stuff which drops us in the
> >framerate
> >- everything in Squeak is currently run from software only, there is no
> >hardware accelleration at all.
> >
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> What is the overhead of the retained-mode portion? My impression is that
> once you DO get hardware acceleration support, the fact that the
> retained-mode database is interpreted WILL be noticeable. In fact, I
> suspect that it already is noticeable in some cases.
> 
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