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Re:The most advanced MySQL raytracer on the market by deckar01 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:36PM (#21218361)
> This is a raytracing engine contained in a single Mysql SELECT statement. In the beginning of the code there are a few parameters that can be modified. The scene can be specified using the @triangles and @squares parameters, but everything is explained in the comments. The whole query returns a bitmap file which can be written to the filesystem using the "INTO DUMPFILE" syntax at the end of the query, if mysql has filesystem write permissions.

> The raytracer supports shadows and reflections, which makes it, to my knowledge, the most advanced MySQL raytracer on the market right now.

https://demozoo.org/productions/268459/info/2923/

Re:The most advanced MySQL raytracer on the market by TuringTest on Friday October 11, 2019 @03:28AM (#21222289)
Re:The most advanced MySQL raytracer on the market by deckar01 on Friday October 11, 2019 @10:16AM (#21224558)
That is the same link I posted without the path to the readme.