In article <3a5fb073@news.povray.org>, "Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> 
wrote:

> Why don't you just take the full step and remove all build-in solid 
> patterns from POV-Ray. Or maybe preserve them for 
> backward-compatibility, but at least generate a warning when used.

Speed, some patterns can't easily be done with the current function 
syntax, etc...


> That would be the logical extension of the philosophy that no new 
> patterns, no matter how general useful and powerful they are, can be 
> added to POV-Ray.

It would be, but what does that have to do with this? Nobody is 
following that philosophy...

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