# I translated Peter Shirley's Raytracer to Julia. C++ 1min -\> Julia 2m30s -\> 15s (@threads)

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**Created:** [February 2, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-translated-peter-shirleys-raytracer-to-julia-c-1min-julia-2m30s-15s-threads/75671 "2022-02-02T16:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-translated-peter-shirleys-raytracer-to-julia-c-1min-julia-2m30s-15s-threads/75671/6 "2022-02-02T16:23:30Z")

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FYI, searching through Discourse, there seem to be a few related threads. [I’m linking one of them.](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ray-tracing-in-a-week-end-julia-vs-simd-optimized-c/72958)

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