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26 Apr 2024 09:02:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Max world size?  
From: kurtz le pirate
Date: 6 Jun 2022 10:30:19
Message: <629e0f7b$1@news.povray.org>
On 04/06/2022 14:59, Alain Martel wrote:

> POV-Ray use double precision floats, not integer.
> The real issue is the range of values between the smallest object and 
> the longest distance in the scene.

Completely !

IEEE 64-Bit Floating Point Format say that decimal range for floating
numbers is approximately from  4.9 x 10^307 to 1.8 x 10^308



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Kurtz le pirate
Compagnie de la Banquise


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