I have been using Flash and Authorware a lot lately. Both use a version of
JavaScript and I am finding it to be a real nice language. The thought that
hit me was that one of POVRay's strongest features is the SDL. The only
thing I would like to see added is object classes and an expanded material
coding ability with the strength of renderman shader language but still
apart of the SDL structure. The function tools may be enough but I have not
learned how to use them. After these two additions the SDL could be what
the pov team uses for financing. For all companies using the SDL for
modelers or even other commercial raytracers a license fee could be levied.
If the tool is free then no fee would be required. I really think the POV
SDL is better then RIB and could be the next standard. Its power is the
fact it is programming.

Just a thought.

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