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Pretty Pictures: Ray tracing in Lisp (random-state.net)
43 points by wglb on Nov 13, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



I'm puzzled why the author released one-time "snapshot" of the current development state instead of placing the code in a world-readable repository (errr...github?)


I think that placing it in github or something like it would suggest a continued involvement or a state of maintenance. This is a 'fire and forget' way of open sourcing something.

Takes 10 seconds and the effect is much the same, you get the source, what else could you ask for ? Nicer wrapping paper ?


My guess: it was easier.





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