wooHoo! :-D

Interesting choice of seaside and smalltalk. I will have to look into those, 
and maybe give them a try on my Ubuntu box.
The use of the Seaside framework is much more in the spirit of PovRay than 
the .NET framework too, IMO. Good choice.

I am glad to see the IRTC coming back, cheers all around!

Ian

"David Buck" <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote in message 
news:47cca46d$1@news.povray.org...
> As you likely know, the IRTC (Internet Ray Tracing Competition) has been 
> down for over a year now.  I've been in discussions with Chris Cason for a 
> while now on how we can resurrect it and I'm happy to announce that we've 
> come up with a proposal.
>
> I have assembled a small group of developers including myself and Randal 
> Schwartz who will volunteer our time to re-write the software in Smalltalk 
> using the Seaside web framework.  In the process, we will try to address 
> some of the issues that led to the demise of the previous system and add 
> some flexibility to do more fun things with the site in the future.
>
> I do realize that while the IRTC was down, the TC-RTC started up.  There 
> has been some discussion here that there's no need for two competitions. 
> Still, it's the IRTC that has the most visibility and the new site should 
> attract a lot more.  We will import all of the previous years competition 
> results into the system and have them available for viewing once the site 
> is up.
>
> If you have any questions or suggestions, you can send them to me at 
> dav### [at] simberoncom.  Please include the text IRTC in the subject line.
>
> I'll keep you advised as the development progresses.
>
> David Buck

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