POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : need help : Re: need help Server Time
2 Nov 2024 13:21:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: need help  
From: Mark Wagner
Date: 26 Aug 1999 00:41:27
Message: <37c4c577@news.povray.org>
Scott Hill wrote in message <37c298e2@news.povray.org>...
>Chris Huff <Chr### [at] compuservecom> wrote in message
>news:37B2EE64.9F120C04@compuserve.com...
>> There are no programs that will convert from POV to anything, at least
>> not for the current version. The reason is that such a program would
>> have to parse the entire POV language, which might be difficult to do
>> with things like loops, macros, etc. Not impossible, just more than
>> anyone has wanted to do.
>
>    I'm always amazed when people say this - think about it - how does
_POV_
>construct it's internal model of the scene ? It _parses the entire_ POV
>language. I.e. It's not impossible and it's not even that difficult
(getting
>it running at a reasonable speed, now that _is_ difficult).


How do you plan on handling the "rand" function?

Mark


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