I don't think this would be tragic.  A cross-platform core could 
be supplimented with external libraries.  I don't see a bit problem
with this -- those wishing to publish public code will stick to the
core, while individual users will be able to exploit what is available
for their particular system.  It's better than holding everyone to
a minimal common denominator.

Things which encourage innovation and experimentation should in general
be pursued, not avoided.

Dan

"povray.org admin team" wrote:
> 
> it's not just technical. just imagine what it would be like if we started to
> have scene files floating around that depended on a particular mod being
> loaded. it'd fragment POV's standard, work-on-any-platform scene language
> into a bunch of platform-specific dialects.

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