[Shootout-list] Ray tracer

[Jon Harrop]

On Sunday 19 June 2005 19:06, Dave wrote:
> Let's forget this damn 100 LOC limit *except as it was originally
> intended* - to be a guideline for new ideas to make it into the sandbox.

Are you happy with the lengths in the ray tracer test (57-471 LOC)?

> Are people taking this stuff way too seriously, or what?
>
> Just keep the implementation rules and suggestions simple - after a program
> is moved out of the sandbox let the implementors submit code reflecting
> what is important to them.

Would you be happy to see new algorithms and data structures used?

> We're all volunteers here - the best way to kill the Shootout would be to
> make things more complicated than they already are.

I think it would be simpler.

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