Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> 

> In article <39625EB9.C0531809@gmx.de> , Stefan Moch <st_### [at] gmxde>  wro
te:
> 

> > i think it is better to have _BOTH_ solutions: scene description
> > language and api. the api is useful to work with other programs. on
> > unix-systems you can use pipes, you do not need to save the (maybe
> > huge??) scene you can simply put the pov-file from standardoutput of
> > your program to the standardinput of povray.
> 

> I think this is already possible with the Unix version of POV-Ray.

Yes, of course.

But it is not possible on other operating systems, and (believe me or
not) I know a lot of people with a non-unix os. And even on unix the api
may sometimes be the better way then piping the pov-file.
The api has also another advantage (an advantage for the
pov-developers!). You can make pov more modular. The programmers who
write the scene-file parser use everytime the same api and the
programmers who work on the renderer can add new rendering techniques,
etc.. In the scene-file parser only a few things need to be changed (to
find out wich rendering technique the user want and tell it the
renderer).

cu Stefan
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