Chris Huff <chr### [at] maccom> wrote:
: and some object-oriented features, like member 
: variables/methods and simple inheritance.

  If object-orientedness is ever implemented in the povray scripting language,
my opinion is that it should be done well from the beginning.
  In my opinion a language that has some OO features but is only "half-OO"
is a bad idea.
  It should have all the basic OO features:
  - Full modularity support (which means at least public and private parts).
  - Member functions and variables (if we are purists, member variables in
    the public interface should be made illegal).
  - Full inheritance support, which means:
    - A protected part in the class (besides public and private).
    - Dynamic binding (that is, virtual member functions).
    - Abstract (ie. pure virtual) member functions and abstract classes
      (aka. interface classes).
  - A way to create instances of classes (ie. objects) and thus references
    (that is, pointers).
  - Class functions and class variables (usually called 'static' in many
    languages).

  NOTE: The fact that the language supports all those things does NOT mean
that you have to learn all those things to just make simple scenes.

  NOTE 2: Read the previous note again.

  NOTE 3: Please read it again.

  NOTE 4: Did you read it?

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