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2 Oct 2024 04:25:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: hf_normal_at (36k)  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 13 Jun 2000 15:42:07
Message: <39468e8f@news.povray.org>
"Jamie Davison" <jam### [at] dh70qdu-netcom> wrote in message
news:MPG### [at] newsstmuccom...
| >
| > That's good and all but the obvious question would be "Why?" since
'trace()'
| > already does this.
|
| You're making one rather large assumption there...
|
| You're assuming that everybody uses MegaPOV, since AFAIK, trace() isn't
| yet an official POV function :)
|
| I still use plain old 3.1g on the grounds that if I ever get a scene I
| feel is worth releasing the code for, then I don't want people to be
| unable to trace it just because they haven't downloaded a patched version
| of POV.

Yeah, how true.  I've been persuaded very much into the realm of <commanding
echo>MegaPov</commanding echo>.
Although, Christopher's hf_normal_at macro is also using it  :-)

Bob


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