This is what I'm looking for. I'm no programmer either, but if you ever publish
anyhting on it please post it here or let me know (yeah, that's asking a lot, I
realize) but this is exactly the kind of thing I would want POV-Ray to be able to
do.

Josh

Mikael Carneholm wrote:

> Ken,
>
> I feel the need to make a contribution to the debate here, as I have been
> involved in the discussion of changing the POV syntax and am about to submit a
> proposal to a new POV-Ray language (PRL?), as a part in the making of my
> Masters of Arts essay. My intention (and purpose with the research part) is to
> investigate if it is possible to keep backwards compatibility when re-defining
> a programming language (in this case: PRL or POV-Script as we know it). This
> will consequently be my mission - to develop a language that is powerful when
> you need it, yet easy to use if you're not a programming expert.
>
> The OO-approach comes somewhat naturally as I see it, as the world in POV-Ray
> consists of just that - objects. The spheres, cubes, cylinders, etc. that we
> describe are all representations of physical objects. We already have the
> object{[object identifier]}keyword, and the #declare MyThingy = sphere{..} is
> equivalent to a class description.
>
> I think I have mentioned this before, but I might as well say it again: The
> new POV-script I am thinking of is fully backwards compatible i.e. you should
> still be able to just describe a scene in no particular order, just as you
> always have. Some OO-features will hopefully be possible, but you will not
> have to write #declare MySphere1 = new sphere(<0,0,0>, new size(0.5), new
> texture(new pigment(color new vector(<1,1,1>))))); or something as
> (java-)horrible as that to create a white sphere. But, you should be able to
> access the attributes of the objects in the scene, for example: #declare
> camera.location = MySphere1.location - <0,0,5>;
>
> I'm very open for suggestions, as I'm merely a POV user and we (the POV users)
> should collaborate to keep POV as the best free raytracer available.
>
> - Mikael.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Mikael Carneholm
> Dep. of Computer Science and Business Administration

>
> Personal homepage:
> http://www.studenter.hb.se/~arch
> E-mail:
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