Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote in message
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> >What if full plug-in support was added to POV-Ray?  Then something like
this
> >would probably be possible.
>
> You do realise the difficulties with developing a cross-platform
> plug-in architecture, don't you?

Yeah, you're right.  Then again, there's an interpreted language.  But good
luck writing an import/export plugin :)

> Besides, plug-ins are somewhat
> prohibited by POVLEGAL at this stage.

Oh.  Okay.

> They can easily be used to abuse
> the hard work of the team.

How?  All it would be is a module adding to the existing code, even if a
cross-platform binary were possible.

Also, what would be the use of cross-platform plugins?  For instance, a file
export/import plugin would likely only be useful for that specific OS.
Exporting Moray files, for instance, on a Linux version of POV-Ray would be
a waste of time.

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