Scott Hill wrote:
> 
> Shane Chambers <sha### [at] wtconet> wrote in article
> <35BD8DCF.ABD9005A@wtco.net>...
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >     Does POV-RAY (any version, any platform) have support for Multiple
> > Processors?
> 
>         IIRC, none of the official builds do, but there's an unofficial build that
> does, sorry don't recall what it's called, but I think it's for Linux
> platforms only.
> 
> >               Are there any plans to support multiple processors, or
> > distributed processing (say over a network).
> 
>         I believe so...
> --
> Scott Hill
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> Software Engineer (and all round nice guy)
> 
> "The best trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people he didn't
> exist..."
>                                                                 - Verbal Kint.
> 
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>  particular when we should be working" - Marcus Hill.

This is called pvm-pov, which uses pvm to distribute the workload over
several computers on a network, which could also work using two clients
on one machine.  It works in linux, and someone a couple months ago
hinted at a NT port, though I have no idea if it ever happend..

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