Historical note:

POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
of age this month. Long may she live !

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
: POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
: of age this month. Long may she live !

  She?

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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Warp wrote:
> 
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> : of age this month. Long may she live !
> 
>   She?

She!

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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Ken wrote:
> 
> Warp wrote:
> >
> > Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> > : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> > : of age this month. Long may she live !
> >
> >   She?
> 
> She!
> 

Never thought of it as female gender. It?
OTOH it (she) can quite bitchy sometimes ... :-)

Happy Birthday!


Marc

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Marc Schimmler

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> > : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> > : of age this month. Long may she live !
> >
> >   She?
>
> She!

please share how you managed to determine POVray's gender (or maybe we had
better not know - oooo)

9years good going tho !, concidering the way its developed

Rick

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9 Years Old? Wow! BTW, I think it's more of an "it".

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>Never thought of it as female gender. It?

Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live sketch in which these two guys are
talking about their wives and their ships?:

-So, how's your wife?
--It's fine.
-And how's your daughter?
--It's doing great. It's birthday is coming up.
-That's nice. Congratulations.
--Thanks. Hey, I got a new boat.
-Really? What's she like?
--She's a real beauty.

Notice the gender thing going on there? :)

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Most vehicles (ships, cars, carts, wagons) that men are proud of
get called "she". But if the thing really "ticks us off", it becomes
"that thing", "hunk of junk", "bitch", or anything else. It would seem
that if we love it, it becomes "she". Just like the joke TonyB shared.
Maybe this concept can be applied to programs also. 

"Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:
> 
> > > : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> > > : of age this month. Long may she live !
> > >
> > >   She?
> >
> > She!
> 
> please share how you managed to determine POVray's gender (or maybe we had
> better not know - oooo)
> 
> 9years good going tho !, concidering the way its developed
> 
> Rick

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TonyB wrote:
> 
> >Never thought of it as female gender. It?
> 
> Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live sketch in which these two guys are
> talking about their wives and their ships?:
> 
> -So, how's your wife?
> --It's fine.
> -And how's your daughter?
> --It's doing great. It's birthday is coming up.
> -That's nice. Congratulations.
> --Thanks. Hey, I got a new boat.
> -Really? What's she like?
> --She's a real beauty.
> 
> Notice the gender thing going on there? :)

Ships are female in german, too. 
Programs have a neutral gender.

Always.

Marc

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"Marc Schimmler" <sch### [at] icauni-stuttgartde> wrote in message >

> Ships are female in german, too.

Eeer.., like "das Schiff" and "das Boot" you mean? ;-)

Johannes.

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