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From: ABX
Date: 13 May 2003 11:05:50
Message: <7622cvo1dl2s2ufihr1upetlfl6ntmfc87@4ax.com>
On Tue, 13 May 2003 10:50:10 EDT, "Kitsune_e" <kit### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> It occures to me that C has generaly the same data structures
> accrossed multiple platforms (string int double etc).

It occures to me that POV has the same data structures accrossed multiple
platforms (string, float, color objects pigments etc).

>  C is ment to be portable,

So and POV-Ray

> the compiler should handle any non-system specific code on any
> system.  I do not know if that is the case in practice though.

Of course not. How many portable C compilers have plugin feature ?
How many C compilers opens its own _internal_ structure for other apps ?

ABX


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