I have been using J as a 'math tool' along with pov for several years.

It's free and more powerful than anything else that I have worked with.
Needs no compiler and seriously fast both to write as well as run.

Have a look at www.jsoftware.com.

By the way... that is J NOT Java.......

David

"Sigmund Kyrre Aas" <as### [at] studntnuno> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:27:47 -0800, Ryan Constantine
> <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>
> >(in matrices).  so i was wondering two things: 1) how is pov's speed in
> >math computations compared to matlab, and 2) would matlab be a good
> >platform to do serious calculations for export to pov (if that's
> >possible)?
>
> Matlab is a great tool for numerical computations, but if speed is
> crucial Fortran does a better job in my experience. This is probably
> because Matlab's routines are often unnecessary complex; if you write
> a routine in Fortran (or C) you can make more efficient code. I think
> the same goes for Povray, since it's code is optimized for raytracing.
>
> As for you second question, the only way to utilize Matlab in Povray
> is to generate pov code in Matlab.
>
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