POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Go ahead and tell me : Re: Go ahead and tell me Server Time
6 Aug 2024 21:38:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Go ahead and tell me  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 10 Mar 2002 15:15:01
Message: <3c8bbec5$1@news.povray.org>
"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3c8b6717@news.povray.org...
> In article <3c8b6598@news.povray.org> , "Hershel Robinson"
> <her### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>
> > even the free ones.
>
> Because there are no other free ray-tracers that are still supported or
still
> being developed?
>
> As for commercial programs, if you have several thousand US$ to spare
there is
> nothing wrong if you buy and use them.  Of course, you should be honest
and
> really buy them and not get them from other sources.
>

Just out of curiosity, what other raytracers (free or otherwise) support
direct scripting to the extent of pov?

Are there other rt progs where a text-file can be the single source for
complex scenes, and where meshes and similiar can be occasional luxuries
rather than an essential element?


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