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		guru_meditation on April 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A JavaScript Port of the 1986 Amiga Juggler Raytra... For some context, this was the first raytracer that ran on any personal computer. Some more context here: http://home.comcast.net/~erniew/juggler.html and a bit more here: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=10776 The source code is refreshingly simple and easy to read: both the original C code and the ported JS code.

azakai on April 9, 2015 | [–]

I trust you are accurate because of your username.

vardump on April 9, 2015 | | [–]

You do? I think I see blinking red bars around his username...

abdias on April 10, 2015 | [–]

Ah yes, I think this was one of the first things I looked for this in particular at the first run when I just got my first Amiga. Brings back good memories!

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