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6 Oct 2024 11:03:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV 4 philosophy  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 4 Oct 2001 09:08:01
Message: <slrn9ronpj.mhi.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:06:53 +0200, Disnel wrote:
>> 
>> Written in an interpreted (or maybe p-code) language.  Not fast enough for 
>> raytracing by a long shot.
>> 
>
>
>???? My option is, that GIMP plug-in is a piece of C code, which is 
>compiled on target platform with gimptool, so it is not interpreted...

I'm pretty sure that most plugins for the GIMP are written in Scheme, but
I suppose I could be misremembering.

-- 
#macro R(L P)sphere{L F}cylinder{L P F}#end#macro P(V)merge{R(z+a z)R(-z a-z)R(a
-z-z-z a+z)torus{1F clipped_by{plane{a 0}}}translate V}#end#macro Z(a F T)merge{
P(z+a)P(z-a)R(-z-z-x a)pigment{rgbf 1}hollow interior{media{emission 3-T}}}#end 
Z(-x-x.2x)camera{location z*-10rotate x*90normal{bumps.02scale.05}}


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