能找到最好的解释来自：http://www.gamedev.net/topic/489879-glpushmatrixglpopmatrix--glloadmatrixf/

原理：

glPushMatrix didn't fail to push onto the stack; it's job is to push a copy of the current matrix onto a stack of matrices. Those matrices on the stack don't interact at all. You only manipulate the current, top-most, matrix at any given time.

Example 1:

   command                 resultglLoadMatrixf(A)       stack = [A]
glPushMatrix()         stack = [A, A]
glLoadMatrixf(B)       stack = [B, A]
glPopMatrix()          stack = [A]

Example 2:

   command                 resultglLoadMatrixf(A)       stack = [A]
glPushMatrix()         stack = [A, A]
glMultMatrixf(B)       stack = [AB, A]
glPopMatrix()          stack = [A]

注意： glTranslate* 等都是实际调用的是glMultMatrixf

实例：

看下面的代码：

743     glPushMatrix();
744
745     // tramsform camera
746     matrixView.identity();
747     matrixView.rotate(cameraAngleY, 0, 1, 0);
748     matrixView.rotate(cameraAngleX, 1, 0, 0);
749     matrixView.translate(0, 0, -cameraDistance);
750     //@@ the equivalent code for using OpenGL routine is:
751     //@@ glTranslatef(0, 0, -cameraDistance);
752     //@@ glRotatef(cameraAngleX, 1, 0, 0);   // pitch
753     //@@ glRotatef(cameraAngleY, 0, 1, 0);   // heading
754
755     // copy view matrix to OpenGL
756     glLoadMatrixf(matrixView.getTranspose());
757
758     drawGrid();                         // draw XZ-grid with default size
759
760     // compute model matrix
761     matrixModel.identity();
762     //matrixModel.rotateZ(45);        // rotate 45 degree on Z-axis
763     matrixModel.rotateY(10);        // rotate 45 degree on Y-axis
764     matrixModel.translate(0, 1, 0); // move 2 unit up
765
766     // compute modelview matrix
767     matrixModelView = matrixView * matrixModel;
768
769     // copy modelview matrix to OpenGL
770     glLoadMatrixf(matrixModelView.getTranspose());
771
772     drawAxis();

770     glLoadMatrixf(matrixModelView.getTranspose());