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This is cool. I want to start learning this. What programming language would you suggest to write my code while I learn this? Is C++ pretty much necessary for p
by 200px 7y ago
This is cool. I want to start learning this. What programming language would you suggest to write my code while I learn this? Is C++ pretty much necessary for performance reasons or other languages would be okay too? Any specific recommendation?
- sfkdjf9j3j 7y agoCheck out Peter Shirley's book series, starting with Ray Tracing in One Weekend. It's about ray tracing, not path tracing, but it's a fun introduction to the broader topic. As for languages, I guess that depends on how long you are willing to wait for results. You might be able to use Go or something on the JVM without driving yourself insane.
- hellofunk 7y agoHis books are all about path tracing, which is a subset of ray tracing.
- namibj 7y agoThere are many recent languages that seem suitable. Like Julia and such.
- alkonaut 7y agoIf you don’t already know c++ I’d go for Rust.