This is a simple raytracer project which was started as a learning exercise, multiple sources were used, and can be found in the form of links strewn around raytracer.lisp.
To run, clone repo and navigate to the directory, and run (load "test.lisp") in whatever Common Lisp dialect you favour.
I find it useful for prototyping as it is:
- dynamic
- object oriented
- highly interactive
- functional
I would like to re-implement this in ocaml at some point, also for funsies.
- A conforming Common Lisp implementation, I only tested on SBCL, but there should be nothing "interesting" about what I am doing
- test.lisp uses Quicklisp to load the system and the excellent
iteratelibrary (used throughout), but if you are comfortable loading things manually you need not actually install it.
I haven't made any attempt to optimise the process, in fact there is a compiler directive in test.lisp to optimise debug and safety over performance.
It could benefit heavily from some parallel processing.
GPL