Le Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:21:10 -0400, Wizard a modifié des petits morceaux
de l'univers pour nous faire lire :

> As I told it before, adding modularity, can also 'could' resolve and a
> least keep  the unofficial patches a little 'official' like Apache
> WebServer.... At least Povray core code would need much less changes
> when someone apply some function improvement.... what all you think
> ?????? I hope that my opinion could be heard by the povray core
> team.....

That's why the C++ rewrite is expected (along with multi-core support), 
it would (hopefully) push code into a modular design that could help 
things like the one you are suggesting.

If you can read french, have a try at http://jgrimbert.free.fr/crayon.pdf

Now, if you could define "function improvement" (what do you mean by it, 
short of a hat of tricks to impress dumb people, exactly), that could 
also help people to get involve in your discussion.

"improvement" is such a political empty word, I need real stuff, and I'm 
probably not alone. So what are you thinking about ? New texture ? new 
shape ? new colour system ? new ray/colour interaction ? other things ?

As an old timer, I remember a period which was full of patches 
proposal... and the nightmare it was lead to the long line of mega-pov 
(and variants!). 

And if you are thinking of something else than 100% Code-Patch, just 
forget it. Povray is source code, and portable.



P.S.: Blank/Empty lines are cheap, use them to make your text breaths.

P.S.2: ... (ellipsis) are a sign of unfinished thought (I know, I use 
them a lot too), but why would you expect us to finish what you have not 
found worth of finishing yourself. Don't be lazy when you want to push a 
subject.

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