In article <399D54D3.1F785B88@pacbell.net> , Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>  
wrote:

>> I don't think any POV user would like having to write
>>
>> #if(MyObject.getLocation()=scene.getCurrentCamera().getLookAt())
>>   MyObject.setLocation(fubar)
>> #end
>
> I can confirm that for you :)

Hmm, what about a language more like an object oriented lisp. For example
(OK, not a great one):


set MyHouse to new house with 10 windows at <10,10,10>

for every window of MyHouse add new curtain with colour red 0.4 green 0.9


I am serious!  Why would an object oriented POV scene description language
have to look like C++???   Surely not just because POV-Ray uses {} and
dot-style vector attribute access?   Anybody remember DKBTrace - it used
Pascal like syntax (and there was already a skyvase.dat)!


     Thorsten


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