Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote in message
news:MNNAOMlTUWWCDFVamJgQwVvUdwcY@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 1 Jan 1998 08:51:12 +0100, "Johannes Hubert"
> <jht### [at] nove-mailcom> wrote:
>
> >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...
>
> Because I see no sense in typing 'add new whatever' when you can
> substitute it with whatever java has as pre-compiler macro or define.

I understand. But as Jon already said, Java hasn't any macros or
preprocessor.
>
> How about making the necessary extensions to the POV Language and
> writing a Java or Perl parser to convert that syntax to standard POV
> syntax? This will have the advantage of keeping old syntax while
> easily adding new.

an interesting idea...

Johannes.

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