Roberto A. wrote:

>>He is also the author of DKBTrace which is what POV-Ray was based on.
>>
>>http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/7/
> 
> 
> Yeah, I've noticed. Great stuff. In fact, I didn't forget - I was simply
> focused on the Smalltalk side of things. :-)

I really didn't intend to do much more with it than demonstrate a proof 
of concept.  It doesn't even have transformations on the textures 
although this could be easily added.

This code was originally written to be included in a book which I was 
planning called "Software Adventures in Smalltalk" or something to that 
effect. The idea is that software should be fun and I wanted to teach it 
in a fun way.  Raytracing was always fun for me and coming up with a 
Smalltalk version was a natural choice.  I had lots of other neat ideas 
for the book as well.

After talking to a publisher friend of mine, though, he felt that 
project books like that never sell well and if I really wanted to write 
a book I should write an Intro to Smalltalk for Programmers kind of 
book.  Since there are several books like this coming out soon, I didn't 
feel it was worthwhile.

In any event, it doesn't stop people from having fun with the software.

David Buck
Simberon Inc.
www.simberon.com

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