scott wrote:

> I wonder if it would it be possible for POV to expose its core functions 
> in a standard way (eg in a dll for windows), and then you can access 
> them from any programming language you like.  The SDL parser just needs 
> to be a special case that parses the file and calls the same POV core 
> functions that you can from your own code.
> 
> It would make things like doing complex simulations much easier, because 
> you could use eg C++ to get good speed, and have POV render the result 
> quickly each frame.  Also if you wanted to use Haskell, or anything 
> else, you could.

That's an interesting idea. However, I have a vague recollection that 
this would be incompatible with the terms of the POV-Ray license.

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