"Tony[B]" wrote:
> 
> > The syntax is the easy part. Knowing the syntax is only a very small part
> > of understanding the POV source code.  Knowing the basic raytracing
> > algorithm is a big part, and knowing how stuff is laid out internally
> > (especially tokenize.c, parse.c, and parse.h) is a very big part.
> 
> I'll learn. :) Just let me get started somewhere... It almost sounds to me
> like Warp is saying I just can't do this... or like I need years and years
> to do it... Can't I at least get in the swing in a few months? I won't do
> any magic, but I'll do something. That's what I mean to do. I just want to
> help.

I seem to recall Chris H. started doing patches not so long ago and with
little to no C or C++ experience. If Chris can do it so can you.

I say give it a shot. The worse you can do is compile something that won't
work and even if you fail you will learn a lot in the process.

-- 
Ken Tyler

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