Yes, probably...
Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> In article <39189867.694EAC7F@videotron.ca>, pk <thi### [at] videotronca>
> wrote:
> 
> > Well...
> > there's at least one working free soft basic interpreter(gwbasic,
> > though); it's called bywater basic, and it's in C...
> > SO, you don't need to write one
> 
> Actually, it would have to be rewritten. You can't just take code from
> something else and slap it into POV-Ray, even if the code is free, you
> have to make sure it is compatible with the POV license. And even if the
> code was given to the POV-Team, it would still have to be adapted to
> work within POV and a syntax developed for it.
> And BASIC isn't the best design choice in my opinion...why add another
> completely different language into the POV syntax? It would mostly
> accomplish adding program bloat, slow the execution of those functions,
> and make it harder to learn. And you couldn't base any of it on current
> work, so it would be harder to write the actual code for it.
Yeah, i suppose so... but,the function language could become a complete
mess with time, as people add more and more functions to it, if you're
not careful :^)
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