nemesis wrote:
> "Bruno Cabasson" <bru### [at] alcatelaleniaspacefr> wrote:
>> I had one thought: why not compile SDL into Java code, with runtime classes
>> and shipped-in POV4 stuff (like we have now with POV), and control the
>> generation process by the front-end, so that it is quick and transparent to
>> the user?
> 
> well, I guess if we can ship a JVM with povray or expect the user to have it
> installed, my crazy idea of shipping GCC with povray or expecting the user
> to have it installed would be acceptable as well.
> 
> And we'd even economize one step, as in:
> SDL -> C -> native code interfacing with native povray binaries
> 
> rather than:
> SDL -> Java -> bytecode -> JNI calls to native code...
> 
> but I still guess we're pulling ourselves ahead of our times since, while
> discussing SDL possibilities is nice, we have first to code infrastrucure
> in C/C++ to handle it...
> 
> 

Better yet, Lets get a fully-working released copy of 3.7 first, the 
start discussing 4.0 ... No use in speculating a future long-off version 
of POV-Ray..

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