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From: hofmann@cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Frank Hofmann)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.api.misc,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.windows.x.i386unix,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Freeware community needs 3d library NOW
Date: 3 Jul 1996 13:26:44 GMT
Organization: CipPool der Physikalischen Institute, Uni Wuerzburg
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Nelson (dnelson@netcom.com) wrote:
: How about just making an nice ANSI standard 
: for a 3D API. Then we don't have to worry about
: GNU, Microsoft or whomever everybody is paranoid
: about.

As far as I know, GKS and PHIGS are two- and threed graphics systems
which ARE ANSI standards - it's not always the standard which will
be used most often ...

Bye !
Frank