Hi - some time ago i gathered some .pov files from various places (i.e. the
web) in order to benchmark povray, after upgrading to v3.6.1 one of the
files renders a different picture than previously.. The code (which i did
not write) along with a picture can be found here:
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/tom3d/pov43/ilpov43e.htm
the first heave (and others) give totally different results in 3.6.1 vs.
3.50c
(v3.50c renders a version similar to the picture on that page, while v3.6.1
does not)

Im quite sure I didnt optimize too much (sloppy math). I can reproduce the
(buggy) result by a standard compilated (./configure && make) version of
povray. I noticed there was a bug previously i smooth_triangle - so the
scene might rely on that bug - since the scene is marked v3.1.

As a side remark - things (several different scenes - previously mentioned)
seem to render slower in v3.6.1 (gcc and icc) compared to v3.50c. Not that
I really care - but i'd like to know if others experienced a drop in
performance.

And finally: am I the only one missing float support for df3 files?

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