> "Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> Well, one major reason I switched from POV-Ray to a "regular"
>> modelling/rendering package with GUI is that there's so, so much more than
>> one can do with a graphical interface. Writing script only goes so far: for
>> many things, eye/hand coordination remains the best combination. Of course
>> I'm speaking from a practical, not theoretical, point of view.
> 
> of course.  Excuse me for going a little overboard:  I speak as a programmer
> and it shows.  Visual programming paradigms simply do not cut the mustard as
> far as systems programming go.  But we're here talking about an image
> renderer and images lead to visual modelling and hand-eye coordination no
> doubt.
> 

My ideal modeler is a text editor with a *real-time* preview on top. And 
maybe also mouse-rotating the preview as a bonus, but no 
clicking-and-dragging objects.

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