Well, I’ve learn the thread about display list. I think that DL is the most elegant manner to do a fast server side display mechanism. What I would like to see in next OpenGL versions is a enhanced Display List mechanism, with the support of more state change and a more unified and optimized implantation of this feature in drivers.
Well, I think DL is the best way because it provide an abstraction of the format used by the servers : the data can be stored in on board memory, in the best format for GPUs. I think display list should avoid per chips extensions like ATI or Nvidia ones, by making the job automatically when building display list, and manage all in a more efficient and abstract manner.
In the same way, DL should offer the possibility to encapsulate states changes, to provide a set of piece to compose effects. Some people would like to have a more sophisticated DL that go on the way of a scene graph manager, but I think they are wrong : I think display list should be enhanced to offer a simple way to reach best performance by make implicit optimizations.
What do you think of that ?
Gaby
PS : pardon for my bad english…!