Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Slime <fak### [at] emailaddress> wrote:

> > In my life, I will
> > never see more than 2^32 images, so that many different random number
> > streams aren't necessary.
>
>   How many of the features supported by POV-Ray have you ever used in your
> life? Would you like those features you haven't used to be removed because
> you have never used them?
>
>   Does it bother you that POV-Ray supports more features than what you use?
> If not, then why would it bother you if POV-Ray supported long seeds,
> especially if you don't even have to know how they are specified and you
> can still use seed() and rand() like currently?
>
>   Can you agree that *some* people might find useful uses for longer seeds
> even if you don't, exactly in the same way as some people find useful uses
> for other POV-Ray features that you have never used?
>

Good argument, I have to say. (I'll probably never get around to using all the
features POV offers, unless I were to spend full-time with it--which isn't so
different than I what I do now!)

KW

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