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by huskyr 4589 days ago
Very nice indeed! I especially like the fact that the source is so well annotated, which makes me wonder: why bother with minifying it at all and not simply use the unminified source on Jsfiddle?
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From the jsfiddle source:

  // Non-minified source in 35 lines for HN, because it's the latest fad :)
https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=%2235+...
It was 30 lines, but artistic license accepted I guess.

https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=%2230+...

The author writes in the link:

> Note that the goal here was to make the source code as small as possible, not clarity; so even the original code before minification is a horrible mess. This doesn’t do justice to the elegance and simplicity of proper raytracer code; I’m writing a book to right this wrong.