Hi. I just wanted to check some things with you all. It's mainly about
the future of POV-Ray.

a) Is 3.5 coming out sometime this year?
b) Will 3.5 be an official SuperPatch, including Mr. Kopp's and others
stuff?
c) Will 4.0 be a complete rewrite of POV? If so,
d) Will 4.0 be rewritten for
    1) speed purposes,
    2) clean-up,
    3) language changes (C++),
    4) extended expandability (greater ease in features addition), or
    5) all of the above and more?
e) If number 4 applies, then will it incorporate
    1) an improved use of triangles (spherical heightfields, bend,
twist, etc.),
    2) this
http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/rendering/csg-graphs/index.html
    3) this http://kolos.math.uni.lodz.pl/~garusk/eng/povadds.htm
    4) this http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/2143/povafx10.html
    5) support for dxf, 3ds, and other popular formats (objects, not
scenes),
    6) all of the above and more?

Thanks. I'm just kinda curious/anxious, and wondering if I'll ever be
able to work with POV (i.e. make money), or I'll have to go and learn 3D
Studio or Lightwave, or something like them, and leave POV as a hobby.

--
Anthony L. Bennett
http://welcome.to/TonyB

"From the land beyond beyond,
from the world past hope and fear..."

a) What movie does this come from?
b) Finish the sentence.

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