POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : POV 3.5... Why??? : Re: POV 3.5... Why??? Server Time
9 Aug 2024 09:01:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV 3.5... Why???  
From: Nathan Kopp
Date: 10 Aug 2000 00:18:19
Message: <39922d0b@news.povray.org>
Zeger Knaepen <zeg### [at] hotmailcom> wrote...
>
> Just because it's that big, I think they shouldn't 'waste' time making a
> 3.5.
> What's the point in making an engine if you have to rewrite it when you're
> finished?  Wouldn't it be better to make the engine as it should be?

1) 3.5 is a smaller task and not as 'scary' to tackle.
2) We learn a lot about these new features as we integrate them into 3.5.
3) We get more time to debate 4.0 design issues.
4) The users get a new official version sooner.
5) The official release will be more stable than MegaPov (which is basically
a series of development releases).

More info and team comments will be available soon.

-Nathan Kopp


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