clipka wrote:
> I mainly did it because the C(/++) program I had written earlier only 
> produced ASCII art output, and it did quite well for starters, but I got 
> tired of its limitations, and was too lazy to integrate support for 
> proper image reading and writing ;-)
> 
> And, of course, misusing POV-Ray in this manner was an interesting 
> challenge to do ;-)

I'm all for misusing programs and languages in this way. Heck, I'd go as 
far as to say that the more unique ways you can find to accomplish a 
singular goal, the better! "Unique ways" being the key of course ;)

> Next on the agenda: Game of life.  Should be a piece of cake if done
> properly: Read in last frame, apply a color map according to birth/death 
> rules  overlay with 8 tuned-down displaced copies to add birth/death
> hints for the next step - render.

  Ah, with the #if statement right near the apex of that calculation? 
And with an average pattern instead of a function? Any way, I'd like to 
see it :)

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