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From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 3 Mar 2025 14:37:41
Message: <67c60505$1@news.povray.org>

While looking up dictionaries in the reference manual, I discovered that
Section 3.3.1.10.1 "Declaring Arrays" contains the word "irregardless."
While Merriam-Webster acknowledges that this *is* a word, and I believe
other dictionaries concur, and while they document the English language
rather than prescribe it, they aren't above passing judgment on its
usage.  For the sake of professional appearance, it may be best to
change it to "regardless."

A quick grep of the documentation files reveals 4 other occurrences:

  2.3.4.3 "Gamma in Output Images"
  3.5.1.1.5 "Height Field"
  3.6.1.2.3.1 "Specifying a Bump Map"
  3.6.2.4.2 "Image Pattern"

The bona fide, albeit substandard, word also appears in the wiki:

  https://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Tutorial_Section_3.3
  https://wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Array
  https://wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Height_Field
  https://wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Bump_Map
  https://wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Image_Pattern

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