   What language do 3d apps use?
  Hi, was was searching around for info on what language 3d apps like lightwave and max were written, they all use directx and opengl even software renderers,does anyone know what language they were written in? 
  first of all directx and opengl can be used with any language as well (directx only with win32 compilers). My guess is that all those apps were written in (v)c++, since it has the best memory managment ;quote:Original post by Ruudje  first of all directx and opengl can be used with any language as well (directx only with win32 compilers). My guess is that all those apps were written in (v)c++, since it has the best memory managment   I suspect they were written in C++. But ''best memory management'' is nonsense.;  well, reading back i shouldnt have written "managment", since that wasnt really what I meant. I was referring to the whole pointer-business, new and free statements etc ;quote:Original post by Elite19  Hi, was was searching around for info on what language 3d apps like lightwave and max were written, they all use directx and opengl even software renderers,does anyone know what language they were written in?   Max is written in C++ for sure ;  The core of Lightwave is likely written in C since has been ported to a number of platforms and orginiated on *nix.You can use just about anything to write a 3D app today.   [edited by - Magmai Kai Holmlor on July 31, 2003 10:01:00 PM];quote:Original post by Magmai Kai Holmlor  The core of Lightwave is likely written in C since has been ported to a number of platforms and orginiated on *nix.You can use just about anything to write a 3D app today.   I could be wrong, but I believe Lightwave started on Amiga, somewhere around 1988. Back then it was called "Videoscape" and "Aegis", the equivalent of "layout" and "modeler" respectively. The first non-Amiga version shipped around 1994 or 1995 (incidentally it was also the last Amiga version  ).Maya  was a SGI IRIX application from day one though (as well as XSI?).Hope this helps.;  Aegis was a company that produced multimedia development apps on the Amiga.  Lightwave 3-D showed up with the introduction of the Video Toaster.  It was probably written in a combination of 68000 Assembly, and C.