In article <3D5### [at] cshelsinkifi>,
 pto <oja### [at] cshelsinkifi> wrote:

> The point is, that real programming languages are much more powerfull 
> than pov sdl. Even more important is that there is huge amount of 
> ready-made sourcecode for c/c++ (like ik systems, cloth etc.).

More precisely, it is easier to do complex things in other languages and 
the result is much faster. There is no real distinction between 
POV-Script and a "real programming language".


> Btw. The idea came when I was debating with my friend about differences 
> between bmrt and pov. He argued that it is not necesary to develop pov 
> sdl to more expressive language. Instead there should be this kind of 
> API for some language.

The existing scene language allows you to access all the features of 
POV, so there isn't really a need for a special API, just write code 
that writes a scene file.


> Btw2. I heard that bmrt is not doing too well.

If by "not doing too well" you mean "dead", then yes. Fairly permanently 
too, apparently.
It has a good sized community behind it though, it won't stop being used 
soon and I wouldn't be surprised to see a clone project.

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