Mark Wagner <mar### [at] gtenet> wrote in message
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>
> Scott Hill wrote in message <37c298e2@news.povray.org>...
> >Chris Huff <Chr### [at] compuservecom> wrote in message
> >news:37B2EE64.9F120C04@compuserve.com...
> >> There are no programs that will convert from POV to anything, at least
> >> not for the current version. The reason is that such a program would
> >> have to parse the entire POV language, which might be difficult to do
> >> with things like loops, macros, etc. Not impossible, just more than
> >> anyone has wanted to do.
> >
> >    I'm always amazed when people say this - think about it - how does
> _POV_
> >construct it's internal model of the scene ? It _parses the entire_ POV
> >language. I.e. It's not impossible and it's not even that difficult
> (getting
> >it running at a reasonable speed, now that _is_ difficult).
>
>
> How do you plan on handling the "rand" function?
>

    In what sense ? Again, POV handles the rand function just fine, so I'll
just handle it the same way.

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