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29 Jul 2024 04:31:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Win32 PVMPOV Programmers Needed!!  
From: ryan constantine
Date: 27 Jun 2000 17:00:03
Message: <395916E5.B1827A19@yahoo.com>
isn't windows ME supposed to be the gamers' solution to an upgrade? 
it's not win2000 right?  anyone know when winME comes out?

Warp wrote:
> 
> In povray.general Rick <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote:
> : yes but there is win2000
> 
>   Win2000 is more WinNT than Win9x. It's made more for the same uses as NT
> is rather than for games and such. I think that many win9x games don't even
> work in Win2000.
> 
>   Of course Linux (and other free unix systems) support multiple processors
> and still there is no multithreaded povray for them.
>   PVM-pov exists no more, and even when it existed it didn't work with
> radiosity.
>   Multithreading has also many other problems. It's more problematic than
> it may sound. I wrote an entry in the VFAQ about this.
> 
>   Another thing is that since it's not made by the povteam, this version will
> always be one step behind the official version.
> 
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/


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