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  Re: Hey, want a 3d converter for all platforms?  
From: Adrien Beau
Date: 25 Sep 2001 10:21:52
Message: <3BB09356.46052564@sycomore.fr>
Ken wrote:
> 
> Nekar Xenos wrote:
> 
> > I can imagine blobs and iso-surfaces could be difficult, but I don't really see
> > a problem with primitives?
> 
> The converter would need an extremely complex scene file parser with
> about the same capabilities of POV-Ray itself to accomplish that.
> Would you like to wirte a POV-Ray scene file parser from scratch
> just to make a conversion program? I sure wouldn't.

Hopefully, POV-Ray 4 will be more tolerant to source re-use,
so external developers will be able to use the parser in their
own utilities. Until then, pov2foobar will be almost impossible
to do.

-- 
Adrien Beau - adr### [at] freefr - http://adrien.beau.free.fr
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