nospam <Pet### [at] nymaliasnetalmost> wrote:
> However, it might is best that vinary I/O not be added.
> Consider the ability to have a pov-script that in turn writes
> a (binary) .exe file containing a virus?  Or what is to stop
> povray from overwriting the system password file, or
> command.com?

  What stops it from doing it now?
  You can easily make a POV-script which overwrites c:\autoexec.bat with
some nasty command. You can make one which overwrites important system
files with 0-sized files (or containing whatever garbage you like).
  Support for binary writing does not add any additional danger which is
not there already.

  And the answer to the question: I/O restrictions.
  (In NT-based and Unix-based systems the OS will probably not allow
overwriting such files, but in older Windows systems it's very possible.)

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