[Visualpython-users] Re: Do Vpython have good future? (Bruce Sherwood)

At 12:05 PM 12/29/02, you wrote:
>From: "Bruce Sherwood" <bas...@un...>
>To: <vis...@li...>
>Subject: Re: [Visualpython-users] Do Vpython have good future?
>Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:52:45 -0500
>
>Some context and history may be helpful. The creator of Visual, David
>Scherer, left college early to take advantage of an unusual business
>opportunity. That left Ruth Chabay and me as custodians of the project, but
 >>>> snip <<<<<

Thanks for the history, Bruce. I, for one, think Vpython is great -- I see 
it as an ideal intermediate level graphics language -- not as low level as 
openGL but not so high level as to be useful for only one task. There is, 
of course, a wish list (alpha blending for objects, built-in capability to 
import objects from  3D design packages, ability to record to an mpeg file, 
etc) but overall I find it to be a very useful language -able to accomplish 
a great deal in not much code.