POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Scanline rendering in POV-Ray : Re: The Meaning of POV-Ray Server Time
5 Aug 2024 00:27:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Meaning of POV-Ray  
From: ABX
Date: 4 Jun 2003 02:19:51
Message: <n22rdv43ljntmgn0rmorg806mbiugrkb12@4ax.com>
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:55:41 -0700, "Ray Gardener" <ray### [at] daylongraphicscom>
wrote:
> > Why? That's not the goal of POV, and there are already tools for those
> > jobs. POV is primarily a hobbyist tool, and is oriented more for complex
> > stills with extremely realistic effects.
>
> What are POV's goals, actually? Does the
> POV-Team have a specific mission statement
> in mind, or do they incrementally review
> and adjust the code on a as-things-crop-up basis?
> Is POV a renderer (method unimportant) or
> a raytracer? Is the goal to produce graphics
> or specifically to raytrace?

The registered trademark is 'POV-Ray', not 'POV'. I suppose '-Ray' exist there
for some reason.

ABX


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