>Nathan Kopp:

>Somebody should design the following:  the "POV Plugin Dynamic Library",
>or PPDL for short.  The development kit would consist of a modified GCC
>which compiles POV shaders (or other plugins) to a PPDL format.  This
>PPDL could include... [snip]

Sounds good to me. As least you're being
proactive and trying for a solution.

I suspect that most developers will opt to
build 'partial' plug-ins that only support
the two or three favorite platforms, but
that pretty much mirrors POV -- WinPOV
has the nicest GUI and latest builds, etc.


>Of course, binary plugins like this would be susceptible to trojans and
>viruses.  :-(


True, but that's always the case with
any binary, even builds of POV. We just
have to download from trusted sources
like we always do. If we mandate that
the source has to be provided, then
security freaks can always build their
own local binary of a plug-in.


>Ambitious, huh?  Has anyone done anything like this before?


Ambitious, yes. Original? I don't know.
But if the end goal is reached, you'll
get my vote for the Nobel Prize for
POV programming. Or the 'Most Judicious
Use of Plug-ins in a POV-Ray Script'
category at the Oscars. :)

Ray

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