From: Dominik Werder <dwerder@...>
Date: 2003-04-09T17:39:05+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] Ruby for graphics

> In Ruby it was convenient for me to develop the filter in an object-
> oriented manner... but now that I understand how the filter works,
> it boils down to a few memory fetches, some arithmetic, and a few
> memory stores per pixel.  I *could* optimize the Ruby version a bit,
> of course - now that I know how to actually code the thing. . . My 
> current Ruby implementation gets less than one frame per second on
> a 120x144 buffer, whereas my rough C++ timing tests indicate I should
> achieve a few thousand frames a second on that sized buffer in that 
> language. . . . But my Ruby implementation was never intended
> to *be* fast... I used Ruby to explore an idea and learn how to
> achieve the filtering effect I desired...

I would like to do some graphics programming on my own, but I don't know 
which API to use..
May I ask you what software you use and on which OS?

thank you!
Dominik