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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>From:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p5ZKbdIQt2oC&pg=PT145&lpg=PT145&dq=warnock%27s+3d+language&source=bl&ots=D9_xOmV3Ke&sig=WgfkWJwVRKf-_GLMmFPea5-XHJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjomMqKmP3UAhUp7oMKHekEAWwQ6AEIOTAE#v=onepage&q=warnock's%203d%20language&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=p5ZKbdIQt2oC&pg=PT145&lpg=PT145&dq=warnock%27s+3d+language&source=bl&ots=D9_xOmV3Ke&sig=WgfkWJwVRKf-_GLMmFPea5-XHJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjomMqKmP3UAhUp7oMKHekEAWwQ6AEIOTAE#v=onepage&q=warnock's%203d%20language&f=false</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“History:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The concepts of the PostScript language were seeded in 1976 when John Warnock was working at Evans & Sutherland, a computer graphics company. At that time, John Warnock was developing an interpreter for a large three-dimensional graphics database of New York harbor.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know where this interpreter is documented? Is it essentially PostScript with full 3D? How could a language like this drive the graphics card industry (shaders, fully Turing, etc.), similar to how PostScript and PDF drove the publishing/printing industry?<br><br></p><p class=MsoNormal>Who sets the requirements for graphics cards? Are the shading languages merely a reflection of the capabilities of graphics cards, or are the shading languages setting the standards to meet?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When will I be able to display my email on a chair, and it not be a texture?</p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>