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29 Jul 2024 12:21:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Infinate cylinders  
From: Ken
Date: 20 Jul 1999 12:21:11
Message: <3794A17C.A9E0353F@pacbell.net>
Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> 
> In article <3794413f@news.povray.org> , Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi>
> wrote:
> 
> > : Yes, using the #while...#end Directive:
> >
> >   Nope. You can't make an infinite array with a #while-loop. It would take
> > forever.
> 
> You can...as you know the POV-Ray coordinate system is finite (yes, I know
> that this is a trick, but it does its job). It will just take up a lot of
> memory (the 5*5 cylinders where just an example).
> 
>      Thorsten

Thorsten slides through with a techinical loophole... <Grin>

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