Found another one... This one occurs when using a texture_map where one 
of the entries contains a reflection value which is > 1-2/256. An 
example of this would be:

texture{
  granite
  texture_map{
   [0 pigment{rgb 0}]
   [1
    pigment{rgb 0}
    finish{reflection 1}
   ]
  }
}

It does not seem to occur during test renders. It happens only when 
either antialiasing or focal blur is used for a final render. There is 
no error per-se; POV-Ray simply shuts down without warning, error 
message, or log file. I was fortunate to discover that using reflection 
1-2/256 would not cause POV to simply shut down on me.

I tested this with 3.7.beta.24 and 3.7.beta.23. Both the standard and 
sse2 versions were used, with all versions producing the same bug. 
Version 3.6 and MegaPOV 1.2.1 worked perfectly.

Here are my system specs:

Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
2.40 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM

Sam

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