Comments on: ShaderX^2 Code Available for Download http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/shaderx2-available-for-download/ Tracking the latest developments in interactive rendering techniques Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Eric http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/shaderx2-available-for-download/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Eric Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/?p=222#comment-121 True enough, code rot does happen whenever an API is used - I've had NVIDIA demos that no longer can link due to changes in the DirectX utilities, for example. I was thinking more in terms of the algorithms themselves. Such code rarely rots (C and C++ don't evolve, thankfully). For example, the <a href="http://graphicsgems.org" rel="nofollow">Graphics Gems</a> code base was started in 1990, and all the C code there still just plain works (though I'm still getting the occasional bug fix, which is all to the good). True enough, code rot does happen whenever an API is used – I’ve had NVIDIA demos that no longer can link due to changes in the DirectX utilities, for example. I was thinking more in terms of the algorithms themselves. Such code rarely rots (C and C++ don’t evolve, thankfully). For example, the Graphics Gems code base was started in 1990, and all the C code there still just plain works (though I’m still getting the occasional bug fix, which is all to the good).

]]> By: Mauricio http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/shaderx2-available-for-download/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Mauricio Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:40:54 +0000 http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/?p=222#comment-113 Actually, it does. =) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_rot Actually, it does. =)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_rot

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