> POV-Ray for Windows: Version 3.5.icl.win32
> POV-Ray for Linux: Version 3.5 Unix (.Linux.gcc)

	I quickly tested your script with the current developmental version
of POV-Ray under Linux (compiled with gcc 3.3.1) and obtain the exact same
statistics as your windows binary compiled with icl:


Image Resolution 384 x 216
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Pixels:            82944   Samples:           82944   Smpls/Pxl: 1.00
Rays:             917012   Saved:            223932   Max Level: 8/8
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Ray->Shape Intersection          Tests       Succeeded  Percentage
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Cone/Cylinder                  2972274         1354663     45.58
CSG Intersection               1486137          841641     56.63
Plane                          1486137          432504     29.10
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Calls to Noise:                   0   Calls to DNoise:              10
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Shadow Ray Tests:           1638610   Succeeded:                416873
Reflected Rays:              424768   Total Internal:            15468
Refracted Rays:              409300
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	and the image looks like that you obtain under windows. On the other
hand, using a custom compile of 3.50c (with a gcc version I don't remember)
gives the same "wrong" image but with different statistics. I can't tell
whether it means gcc is the reason of these discrepancies. But at the end,
it seems that the next version of povray should give consistent results
between platforms  :-)  [well, the last post of ABX seems to pretend the
opposite though...]

	- NC

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