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29 Jul 2024 04:30:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Povray 4? wish list  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 6 Dec 2001 12:07:14
Message: <3c0fa5c2@news.povray.org>
In article <3c0fa0b2.20451405@news.povray.org> , ken### [at] uniplanit (Angelo 
'kENpEX' Pesce) wrote:

>>Unfortunately many
>>people think ray-tracing is as trivial as a webserver, which is far, far
>>from the truth.
>
> I'm not experienced with webserver programming, but I don't think it's
> a "trivial" task at all.

It is not hard.  And not only that, but there are also plenty of books you
can just open that explain how to write a good server for anything.

>>So your argument completely missed the point.  If you disagree, ask yourself
>>why the most recent GPL ray-tracer project (I think it was called Panorama)
>>failed so early?  According to your theory it should have been more
>>successful.....
>
> 1 fail does not make a law

Indeed, it does not.  But the lack of *any* other similar project does.


    Thorsten

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