> > it came across as "please stop talking about this, its been discussed to
> > death before, its far to difficult, you should be happy with the
explanation
> > in the vfaq"
>
> Well, this kind of is the idea.  Yes.
>
> > sorry, but parallel \ distributed rendering is a feature that I for one
> > really need, and the lack of such a feature in current versions (or in
any
>
> You did apparently miss the various occasions the POV-Team has
acknowledged
> parallel rendering as a feature for 4.0 (if it is possible).
>
> > foreseeable future versions) is one of the main reasons I do not use pov
> > (commercial & hobby) as much as I would like.
>
> Please stop whining.

after you...

if you feel unable to add to in a constructive manner, please restrain
yourself from joining in, if the 'constant' discussion of this topic upsets
you, remember that you don't have to read the threads.

If you doubt that this feature is even possible (or even really needed) does
not mean that it cannot and should not be done. This is such a radical
feature that will require radical changes to the way povray works and is
used, and in that quest nothing that povray does to date should be allowed
to prevent it.

Even if that means POV stops with 3.5 and version 4 is a new beast by the
same name with no other new features aside from this one.

The possibilities for the way povray can be used, both for hobbyists and
professionals are frankly, staggering.

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Rick

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