Johannes Hubert wrote:

> Jon A. Cruz <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> news:383F74FE.1B8CB1DD@geocities.com...
> > Peter Popov wrote:
> >
> > > I tend to try every POV-related but of software if I think it will be
> > > of use to me. If ever you complete this project and release a final
> > > version, I will be glad to try it out. And no, I don't know Java, but
> > > maybe it was about time I learned it :)
> > >
> > > Does Java support macros and defines? Can a "scene" in this
> > > hypothetical Java-Pov-whatever language look a lot like a POV scene if
> > > hacked around with defines?
> >
> >
> Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonoooooooooooooooooonoooooooonononon
> onono!!!!!!!!!
>
> Wide Grin.
>
> I must agree with Jon. There wouldn't be much reason for a JAVA-POV to look
> exactly like the old POV, would there? Why would someone want to use it
> then, better to stick to the original...
> No, the idea was to use a more powerful "real" programming language to
> create even more complex "scripted" scenes than "possible" with pure
> POV-Script (which means: "Possible in an easier and halfway readable,
> maintainable and understandable way", because everything is just plain
> *possible* in POV-Script of course, the question is, how difficult it is).
> Other people had the same idea earlier, using C++ or Perl for that, I
> thought Java would be good for that too...
>
> Greetings,
> Johannes.

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