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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend)
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Subject: Linguistical question about radiosity.
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Date: 12 Dec 90 17:57:32 GMT
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With rendering, we have a noun "renderer" which is easy to decline (for
all intents and purposes :-) and a verb "render" that's easy to conjugate:
"What rendering method are you using?" "How fast can you render this scene?"


With ray tracing, it is similar "I wrote a ray tracer".  "When we trace
a scene, foo happens."

With radiosity, uh...
"I wrote a radiositizer." "When I radiate this scene." "My radiator code
is broken." ("You should drive a VW bug, then." :-)

So, what's a good everyday verb to use for radiosity?  "radiosity solver"
is a tad long for informal use.

I use "radiate", personally.  "Let's radiate this scene and see what
it looks like." has such a nice ring to it...

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