POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : A new SDL Idea : Re: A new SDL Idea Server Time
31 Jul 2024 20:12:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A new SDL Idea  
From: Bryan Valencia
Date: 4 Oct 2007 19:00:56
Message: <470570a8$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Bryan Valencia <no### [at] waycom> wrote:
>> The Rendering engine should accept only strictly formatted bytecode.
> 
>   Btw, this is a bad idea. It ties the hands of the developers.
> It would make it impossible to change and improve the format of the
> bytecode without breaking existing libraries.
> 
>   It would work if the bytecode format could be PERFECTLY designed on
> the very first try, and then fixed and engraved in stone. However,
> developers are imperfect humans, so it's not gonna happen.
> 
thats just wrong.  thats like saying that Microsoft can never improve 
Word because Word for DOS version 1 doesn't have that.

Bytecode format can be versioned just like all applications and 
languages are today.  Like in HTML, they are getting rid of <b> and </b> 
and changing to <span style="font-weight:80"> this </span>





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Bryan Valencia

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


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