"Mike Raiford" <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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>
> "Dan P" <dan### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message news:4023cb35> That's
> interesting -- I never use phong, but I would think they are the same
>
> > thing, aren't they Chris? Maybe people who make the best scenes use
phong
> > because they are long-time users of POV-ray and phong used to be
specular
> > (or, was it, I'm not sure -- I don't have POV-ray at work).
>
> IIRC, in the tutorial that came with earlier versions of POV-Ray, they
used
> phong, but specular has been available since 0.9b (and probably earlier
...)
>
> Comparing them, they seem to yeild identical results, though, the
difference
> seems to be a matter of syntax... I think

There are a lot of things in POV-Ray that are from the olden days. I wonder
when the point will come where we phase those out so that the language
doesn't become confusing? (I don't think it is there yet, although I still
struggle with the media statement a lot).

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