In article <3a36ad21@news.povray.org>, "Tony[B]" 
<ben### [at] panamac-comnet> wrote:

> <PositronicMan>Should one wish to modify, add to, and/or improve 
> POV-Ray (should this be within one's capabilities at some point), and 
> one knows no programming per se (one know some about a year ago, but 
> has forgotten most of it), what is the best way to proceed? What 
> study material and software is recommended by all of you for this 
> task? One will be studying C and C++ in University for one's Computer 
> Science major at some point, so one thinks that getting a head-start 
> should make that easier for one in the future.</PositronicMan>

What computer system does one use, what operating system is one using, 
and what is one willing to pay to get started?
If one is using Windows (which I assume from the headers) but plans on 
patching POV-Ray, one should probably stay away from books with 
"Windows" in their title, as one will not find Windows API's useful in 
ones experiments with programming POV. The same goes for other OS's.
One should look for a "getting started" or "teach yourself" book, one 
good possibility for learning C++ would be the "C++ Primer Plus", but if 
one wants to mess with POV, one should find a C book(POV 4.0 will be 
rewritten in C++, but is pretty far off). One will find the basic syntax 
of C will still be useful in learning C++, though the way one uses the 
language is different.


Argh, my head hurts!

-- 
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
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