Warp wrote:
> Bryan Valencia <no### [at] waycom> wrote:
>> This would open the doors to things like...
> 
> people writing powerful libraries for POV-Ray which are not portable and
> would require for people to install development environments in their
> system just to get the thing working.
> 
>   Also since the library is probably written in a language only 1% of
> POV-Ray users like, use or even understand, it would probably be pretty
> useless for almost everyone but the author himself.
> 
>   The good thing about the SDL is that the only requirement to use it
> is POV-Ray. That's it.
> 


But the thing is that POV could maintain their OWN version of the 
language if they wanted.  Just like anyone can use the Microsoft .net 
framework documentation to make cobol.net or lisp.net if they were so 
inclined.

My point is that the engine should be divorced from the language.

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Bryan Valencia

- I'd rather live with false hope than with false despair.

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