In article <36a8af8a.0@news.povray.org>, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<fro### [at] charliecnsiitedu> wrote:

>In article <36A8529F.4AB9ABA4@void.nacstock.ac.uk> , Mike Varley
><mik### [at] voidnacstockacuk>  wrote:
>
>>Can POV be recompiled in a dual processor environment to make better use
>>of the hardware. Are there any compilations of this sort available?
>
>No, not with a *lot* of work and massive changes to the code, also this
depends on
>the way you plan to use it. Running two POV-Rays at the same time,
however, might do
>the trick.

Is there any way to tell the operating system in a dual-processor
environment to use both processors in floating-point operations? Does
processor-switching occur fast enough for small operations like this to
speed up otherwise non-dual-supporting applications?

Jerry

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