POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Mega-Pov or V3.5? : Re: Mega-Pov or V3.5? Server Time
7 Aug 2024 09:24:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Mega-Pov or V3.5?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 29 Jan 2002 20:50:55
Message: <slrna5ekc3.shm.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On 28 Jan 2002 21:12:58 -0500, Warp wrote:
> Zeger Knaepen <zeg### [at] studentkuleuvenacbe> wrote:
>:>   On the other hand there are things that can be done with 3.5 that can't
>:> be done with megapov.
>: like?
> 
>   Like pattern functions, fractal patterns with exponents >4, transmit
> behaviour outside the range 0-1, support for reading JPEG and TIFF,
> unicode support, etc.

Forward compatibility with future versions...

-- 
#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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