Warp wrote:
>   Ah, so the idea of implementing patched versions into the official povray
> is not anything new :)

No, and though I can't recall a 1.0 patch, there were several (but
pretty quiet) 2.0 patches.  I remember one that implemented some
basic Renderman shaders capabilities, and another one that did
halos, in a much different way that the one being implemented in 3.0.

At the time, there were also much more in-development free raytracers
(Rayshade, PolyRay, Vivid, Luxart,..), but POV-Ray ate it all,
by becoming increasingly friendly and powerful.  POV-Ray is the
Microsoft of free raytracers ;-).

Now, it seems logical that programmers who wants to play with a
raytracer often choose to start from POV-Ray, instead of reinventing
the wheel.

Fabien.

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