On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:21:39 -0000, "Mick Hazelgrove"
<mic### [at] virginnet> wrote:

>
>Once again THANKS Pov team - the only sad news is the probably loss of the
>iso patch - can we keep some of it, the non Dll part? I espeacially like
>using it to create mathmatical surfaces, normal and color patterns.
>
>Keep up the good work
>
>Mick
>
The function-based part of iso-surfaces will definitly be used.  Only
the DLL based part.
	Chris Young, POV-Team

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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:31:42 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:

>Reposted with permission from from C.G.R.R.
>
>FROM:   Chris Young, POV-Team Coordinator
>DATE:   December 30, 1998
>TO:     POV-Ray enthusiasts everywhere (feel free to repost this)
>        Happy New Year from the POV-Team.

Many thanks for reposting this here.  I tried to post it but something
glitched.  I was just about to do it over when I saw yours.
	cy

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Mike <Ama### [at] aolcom> wrote:
: He said that just the DLL part would have to be removed:

: "Also some of the features
: will be modified or eliminated.  For example cross-platform
: portability is a major design priority and the iso-surface patch makes
: use of DLLs that are not portable.  We will likely eliminate that part
: of the patch."

  I wonder if it's absolutely impossible to make the same code without
the dlls. What's so special with the dlls anyways?

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Well, after seeing The Hive and The Reading Room...

(And thanks for doing the survey! :-)

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Dlls are only supported by the Windows operating system... Dynamic Link
Libraries.  The function calls necessary to use a Dll simply don't exist in
other operating systems. (They have their own special ways of doing things)

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Yey!!!

Not that I could ever make anything half decent with it but hey, it was fun
to try :)

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Lance Birch <zon### [at] satcomnetau> wrote:
: Dlls are only supported by the Windows operating system... Dynamic Link
: Libraries.  The function calls necessary to use a Dll simply don't exist in
: other operating systems. (They have their own special ways of doing things)

  I said:

  I wonder if it's absolutely impossible to make the same code WITHOUT
the dlls.

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It might take some re-writing, but it should be possible, because after all
you could just compile the Dlls functions into the main program and then
nstead of calling the Dll, you just call the function.  So yeah, guess so.

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Lance Birch wrote in message <368c0c62.0@news.povray.org>...
>It might take some re-writing, but it should be possible, because after all
>you could just compile the Dlls functions into the main program and then
>nstead of calling the Dll, you just call the function.  So yeah, guess so.
>
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Here's a different look: why not write a pov-ray SPECIFIC library. IE. place
the files in, and using a customized interface, povray reads the library.
Who says anything about making it a DLL? Why not make a simple binary format
that povray can read crossplatform? I mean.. look at TTF fonts. Just because
they don't work _as fonts_ in any other OS but windows, doesn't mean pov-ray
can't read them. You can read windows TTF fonts on the amiga, for the TTF
object. Amigas don't use TTF fonts in any way, yet the file itself is still
readable.  Why not go from that as a starting point?

twyst

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Yes you can add the functions as normal code, however there
are some functions you can do with DLL's that isn't
part of regular functions in iso_surface. But wouldn't be to
hard to even add those. In general new iso_surface functions
can be added with 2 lines + function code itself.

Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> Mike <Ama### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> : He said that just the DLL part would have to be removed:
> 
> : "Also some of the features
> : will be modified or eliminated.  For example cross-platform
> : portability is a major design priority and the iso-surface patch makes
> : use of DLLs that are not portable.  We will likely eliminate that part
> : of the patch."
> 
>   I wonder if it's absolutely impossible to make the same code without
> the dlls. What's so special with the dlls anyways?
> 
> --
> main(i){char*_="BdsyFBThhHFBThhHFRz]NFTITQF|DJIFHQhhF";while(i=
> *_++)for(;i>1;printf("%s",i-70?i&1?"[]":" ":(i=0,"\n")),i/=2);} /*- Warp. -*/

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