Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>
> MH> Even moreso I hope nobody uses PEX. ;o)
>
> Could somebody smart explain why PHIGS was abandoned? Is that because
> OpenGL is strictly more expressive?
>
> (Not being argumentative here, but genuinely incompetent and curious.)
I'll add to the historical comments by mentioning that OpenGL was being
supported by Microsoft (at the time, anyway). PEX was tightly
integrated with X, making it impractical in the low cost PC environment
of the time.
>From my perspective, working in the PEX camp at the time, that was the
key issue that decided the OpenGL vs PEX war. I'm sure you'll get many
other perspectives from the OpenGL camp. Isn't there a saying how the
victor get's to write the history books?
That said, I'm glad to support OpenGL. It has much better integration
with X than Direct3D :-)
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