I like to know what are the what goals are for 3.7. I tired but could 
find any information of just what the end result is going to be.

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Leroy Whetstone <lrw### [at] joplincom> wrote:
> I like to know what are the what goals are for 3.7. I tired but could
> find any information of just what the end result is going to be.

A link to an article describing the goals would be nice to add to the "What's
new" section of the Download page.

-Mike

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Leroy Whetstone wrote:
> I like to know what are the what goals are for 3.7. I tired but could 
> find any information of just what the end result is going to be.
> 
> 

 From the Release notes:
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Intentional changes for POV-Ray 3.7
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The version directive and command-line setting no longer provide 
compatibility with most rendering bugs in versions prior to POV-Ray 3.5. 
However, compatibility with the scene language is provided for scenes as 
old as POV-Ray 1.0 just as in all previous versions of POV-Ray. 
Nevertheless, we strongly recommend you update scenes at least to 
POV-Ray 3.5 syntax if you plan to use them in future versions of POV-Ray.

This version uses multi-threaded rendering by default. The ability to 
render in more than one thread is primarily of use to those users who 
have SMP machines (i.e. more than one CPU). There have been reports of 
benefits for users of hyperthreading systems, particularly with higher 
thread counts (e.g. 16 threads).

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...Chambers

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