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Mike White wrote:

> Glen Berry <7no### [at] ezwvcom> wrote in message
> news:tb=COGdxQAwUBuVe7nwUfAWQMkSl@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 04 Mar 2000 03:01:14 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> >
> > >Hopefully sometime this year - maybe sooner.
> >
> > Sooner than this year? Wow! That *would* be soon. Apparently the
> > POV-Team has created a time machine with version 3.5    :)
> >
> > Later,
> > Glen Berry
>
> Maybe they have, only history will tell :)

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Personally, I think the functionality that Nathan et al have been delivering
in megaPOV is fantastic.  I think the POV Team will be hard pressed to
improve upon that performance in v3.5

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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>
> Psychomek wrote:
> >
> > Any idea when it will be released?
>
> Hopefully sometime this year - maybe sooner. The POV-Team is not in the
> habit of giving specific dates and there is a good chance they do not
> even no for sure when exactly it will be released.
>
>
> This comes from the message "Welcome to the POV-Ray news groups" in
> the povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions group...
>
>
> New Versions of POV-Ray - Please Don't Ask
> ==========================================
>
>   One of the most asked questions we hear in the news groups is  -
>
>   "When will the next version of POV-Ray be released ?"
>
>    The answer is that they will not tell you. The POV-Team is a group
> of volunteers working on the development of the program in their free
> time. They do not like deadlines and will only release a new version
> when they have time to finish it. They also need time to ensure they
> have the bugs worked out of it before releasing it publicly.
>
> For this reason *PLEASE* do not ask when the next version will be
released.
> If they spend all of their time answering this question they will not have
> time to work on the next release of the program. When it is time they will
> notify you through public announcements on this server and on the POV-Ray
> home page - http://www.povray.org.
>
>   We thank you for understanding our position on this matter.
>
>
>
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
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In article <38ebec54$1@news.povray.org> , "Jim Kress" 
<jim### [at] kressworkscom> wrote:

> Personally, I think the functionality that Nathan et al have been delivering
> in megaPOV is fantastic.  I think the POV Team will be hard pressed to
> improve upon that performance in v3.5

Why? (rhetoric)   Nathan in in the POV-Team...

      Thorsten

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Jim Kress <jim### [at] kressworkscom> wrote:
: Personally, I think the functionality that Nathan et al have been delivering

  Btw, what does this expression "et al" mean?

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Warp wrote:

>   Btw, what does this expression "et al" mean?

et al.
  abbr. Latin 

       Et alii (and others).


In this context it mean not only Nathan but the other contributors to
the patch.

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That's great!  How can he improve on what he (and his colleagues) have
delivered unless you all rename MegaPOV to v3.5?

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Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
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> In article <38ebec54$1@news.povray.org> , "Jim Kress"
> <jim### [at] kressworkscom> wrote:
>
> > Personally, I think the functionality that Nathan et al have been
delivering
> > in megaPOV is fantastic.  I think the POV Team will be hard pressed to
> > improve upon that performance in v3.5
>
> Why? (rhetoric)   Nathan in in the POV-Team...
>
>       Thorsten

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Thanks Ken!

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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>
> Warp wrote:
>
> >   Btw, what does this expression "et al" mean?
>
> et al.
>   abbr. Latin
>
>        Et alii (and others).
>
>
> In this context it mean not only Nathan but the other contributors to
> the patch.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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Jim Kress wrote:
> 
> That's great!  How can he improve on what he (and his colleagues) have
> delivered unless you all rename MegaPOV to v3.5?

Most of 3.5 will be based on the patches in MegaPov.

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Jim Kress <jim### [at] kressworkscom> wrote...
> That's great!  How can he improve on what he (and his colleagues) have
> delivered unless you all rename MegaPOV to v3.5?

Hopefully by providing a more stable implementation.  :-)

-Nathan

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LOL!

It works fine for me ...

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Nathan Kopp <Nat### [at] Koppcom> wrote in message
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> Jim Kress <jim### [at] kressworkscom> wrote...
> > That's great!  How can he improve on what he (and his colleagues) have
> > delivered unless you all rename MegaPOV to v3.5?
>
> Hopefully by providing a more stable implementation.  :-)
>
> -Nathan
>
>

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