Slime <noo### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> I have a scene where area_light length*x,z,32,1 takes 6 times
>> longer to render than 32 point lights.

> I'd be interested in the source.

  Me too. There's no logical explanation for this.

  (Unless 1-dimensional light sources have some defect or bug in POV-Ray.)

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -

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