POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : POV-Ray Origins : Re: POV-Ray Origins Server Time
28 Mar 2026 14:48:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray Origins  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 27 Mar 2026 11:55:00
Message: <web.69c6a77351ecd288537ff30a25979125@news.povray.org>
David Buck <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote:
> Hi everyone.  David (Kirk) Buck here.  I'm the original author of
> DKBTrace and POV-Ray.

Hello again, David.
The above sounds like the introduction to an interview video.  :)

> I've always been interested in spreading the joy of programming and
> using computers in a creative way.  DKBTrace was one of many projects
> I've worked on simply for the joy of coding.

What did you learn while writing DKBTrace, and what sorts of math or programming
methods did you realize were truly central to the heart of what made DKBTrace
work?

What do you think contributed most to the enduring success of POV-Ray?
What are some of the features that were added that you like the most?
Were there things that you've always wanted to implement, but never did?
Do you have friends and colleagues in the programming world that use POV-Ray?
What do you think are the features or attributes of POV-Ray that make it the
most useful for certain tasks?
What are some key features that you think POV-Ray would benefit from the most?

Do you ever run across images, and instantly recognize that they were rendered
with POV-Ray?

- Bill "Bald Eagle" Walker


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