In article <B58CD1FD.158B%dav### [at] maccom>, David 
<dav### [at] maccom> wrote:

> I was just wondering, how is it going on POV-Ray 3.5/4.0 (and which one)?

Will a TAG member suffice? :-)

POV-Ray 3.5 is being actively worked on. Pretty much all I can say right 
now is that it should be out sometime this year. It will contain most of 
the patches from MegaPOV, but there will of course be some that won't 
make it, due to being incomplete, buggy, not fitting in with planned 
features, or just not appearing early enough to be integrated with POV 
3.5. Oh, and the Mac version may have a new interface, but I do not have 
any information on how it will be different from the current one, or on 
the other supported platforms.
Also, the syntax for individual MegaPOV features may change. Many of the 
patches in MegaPOV have a clumsy/inconsistent syntax, which could be 
greatly streamlined and simplified(the reflection syntax is one example).

As for 4.0...the POV-Team is currently devoting their available time to 
getting 3.5 out, so there isn't much to report on it. You can get all 
the information there is by reading the message "POV-Ray plans for v3.1 
and beyond..." in povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions.

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Christopher James Huff - Personal e-mail: chr### [at] maccom
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