Warp wrote:
> Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> 
>>But certain comments strongly suggest 
>>an inbuilt bias that I do not share and find deeply disheartening.
> 
> 
>   You are seeing in the comments something which is not there.

Glad to hear it.


> 
>   We appreciated creative and skillful usage of POV-Ray features and the
> comments just reflected that. You are saying this is bad?
> 

Some comments strongly suggested a selective appreciation for a limited 
set of POV-Ray features, and by extension, a flawed appreciation for the 
whole of what it takes to make a good picture with POV-Ray, and by 
further extension, a predelection for subjects and creative approaches 
that are best supported by these limited set of features.  Is that 
wrong?  No.  Is it bad? Depends. But probably. Because it is reductive 
and views POV-Ray mostly as an end in itself discouraging those who are 
attracted to an open and creative enterprise. But it does provide safe 
harbour for certain people with a narrow set of tastes. If that is good, 
then it's good. Is it disheartening, enervating, angering, and 
discouraging?  For some of us, Yes.  For others, I suppose not, though I 
find that sad.