Has anyone ever thought of using a straight C++ interface for POV?
It seems the language is slowly growing that way anyway but its all getting
a bit messy with more and more switches etc.
My thought is that you could define a set of standard C++ objects
corresponding to the objects POV understands. Each has a set of operations
such as object.rotate(x,y,z) and object.interior.ior(1.5)... At some point
in the code there's a call to "object.store" to download the resulting
primitives in some form the renderer understands.
Compile this in a shareware compiler and run it, then a separate renderer
can then act on the primitives generated.
Is this all too geeky?

My first posting - be gentle
Matt Webster

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