POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : The Language of POV-Ray : Re: The Language of POV-Ray Server Time
11 Aug 2024 03:29:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Language of POV-Ray  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 14 Mar 2000 16:58:33
Message: <chrishuff_99-E41746.17002714032000@news.povray.org>
In article <As3NOAOBs+Ru55ANkKtFBbwnSUuI@4ax.com>, Glen Berry 
<7no### [at] ezwvcom> wrote:

> Poor design choices haven't stopped it yet.    :)
> 
> ...and yes, there *have* been at least a few poor design choices.

But none of them made the program unuseable without anything the user 
hadn't already been using.


> I say if someone has the ability to write an XML based POV, more power
> to them. It would be nice to actually have such a program to test,
> instead of just speculating about it. You won't often find me
> discouraging experimentation with new ideas. It's often the more
> unusual ideas that end up being the most enlightening. Even if an idea
> never makes it into mainstream use, there is often still be a place
> for it, or it might lead to bigger and better things, as yet
> unforseen.

Yes, if there was something that could actually be tested and put to 
use, that would be good. Maybe a translator program, something like 
C-SDL?

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/


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