🚀 go-pugleaf

Is it possible to use a 2D imaging model under PEX? 

PEX's advantage over X lies not only in 3D processing, it lies
in display-list processing on the server. Lots of CAD drafting
tools have use for 3D viewing only when doing 3D imaging, with
most of the intense work being done in 2D mode. There used to be
"smart" graphics terminals (such as the Tek4125) that did local
display list processing, pan and zoom, etc. -- The 3D stuff was 
then the expensive icing, not always needed. These terminals, 
when hooked up to a serial line will still outperform current
vanilla-X terminals when doing pan and zoom operations on
complex 2D drawings.

3D processing is much more expensive than 2D processing is. A
trasformation requires roughly 2 times the calculations. This 
means a "2D PEX server" could draw a 2D display at least twice
as fast as a "3D PEX server".

Any comments?

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