"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>
> > ...it could break all of our
> > old scenes, going back decades.
>
> Aye, lad.  But we're talking about POV-Ray 4.0, dontchaknow.
> Let's cast off the shackles of "backward compatibility" and do something NEW!
>
> It's not like the old versions will be deleted from the fabric of reality.
>

A new(?) language with new syntax rules. Arrggghh. I have enough trouble trying
to understand the NEW remote control for my recently-installed NEW AND
IMPROVED(?) cable-TV box. :-[

> > Personally, I have always liked the fact that POV-ray's SDL syntax did not
> > impose any meaning on tabs or spaces; it would have been one more 'layer of
> > abstraction' to add to the learning of the syntax...

In other words, code-writing in POV has always been more 'relaxed' and not so
exacting; no need to worry about spaces or tabs... which I like to use liberally
:-) Of course, others might complain that this 'feature' produces a LESS
structured/exacting environment, in the context of other languages. But it sure
makes code-writing easier, in my humble opinion.

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