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  Re: Help needed with radiosity and caustics and dispersion and...  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 24 Feb 1999 08:19:32
Message: <36d3fc64.0@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 02:55:00 -0600, Mike <Ama### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>I bet there's some side effects that may not be immediately apparent
>too. In Keith Rule's Graphic File Formats, he explains why the use of
>commas between vector components were added.  If you have a vector 1.0 2
>0.0, the parser might think you meant <1.02, 0.0, 0>.  Something like
>that.  I bet a lack of underscores could lead to some keywords getting
>mixed up.

Actually, that one was due to the imparsability of <1 -2 3> as a vector.
is that <-1, 3, 0> or <1, -2, 3>?  I remember they documented the change
as such when they did it, anyway.


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