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Current List of Computer Languages
  • C and C++
  • Python
  • Z80 Assembly
  • HTML - if it is, in fact, a computer language.
Project Overviews
Blender Boolean Rewrite - go there
This one will be fun, and it might take a while. I am currently researching BSP trees, quadtrees and octrees, mixed in with some topology and other fun stuff.
LDRAW to Blender Import - go there
I haven't updated the LDRAW to Blender importer in about three months---I simply haven't had enough time to do so. Now that Blender 2.27 is out, I have no idea what will happen to Blender's Python API, so I don't want to write something that will be eclipsed almost instantly. However, the new Blender will have an XML-based file format, so importing might not even involve Blender anymore! That would allow me to write a super-fast importer in C++ using stacks, pointers, and other fun stuff that Python simply doesn't have. I'm very interested in where this is going; check back soon for an update.
FIRST Robotics Animation - go there
All right. This is something I'm really proud of. A friend of mine and I co-founded the Animation division of FIRST Robotics Team 178 in 2001, a couple of years after we discovered Blender. Our rookie entry was disqualified for some random reason, but this year's entry, entitled Future Evolution, made it to the national competition. We hope to do even better next year.
Coming Soon
At some point I'll add a Blender/Lightflow gallery that showcases some of my work. I don't do a whole lot with either program; I do mostly programming, but I have made a couple of pics worth looking at. When I do get around to putting it up, it will be well designed, so that might take a while.
Copyright 2003 Matthew H. Plough