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From: Neil Kolban
Subject: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 30 Jan 2005 11:15:44
Message: <41fd0830@news.povray.org>
Folks,
Complete doofus that I am, I managed to lose all the code for POV-Include 
(all of it, back-ups as well).  Don't ask, I feel pretty miserable about it.

Sorry guys ... but that's the end of the story on this plugin.  I must have 
spent 40-80 hours over the Xmas holidays on it.  It could be "re-created" 
but right now I don't have the will/motivation.

Lets hope we can enjoy the last release and hope it doesn't break.

Neil


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From: Stephen McAvoy
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 30 Jan 2005 11:44:25
Message: <4n3qv0d87uhaqjv34bc5tng7br88jm8nk7@4ax.com>
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:15:42 -0600, "Neil Kolban" <kol### [at] kolbancom>
wrote:

>Folks,
>Complete doofus that I am, I managed to lose all the code for POV-Include 
>(all of it, back-ups as well).  Don't ask, I feel pretty miserable about it.
>
>Sorry guys ... but that's the end of the story on this plugin.  I must have 
>spent 40-80 hours over the Xmas holidays on it.  It could be "re-created" 
>but right now I don't have the will/motivation.
>
>Lets hope we can enjoy the last release and hope it doesn't break.
>
>Neil 
>
Well there we go! 
What a pain for you. I am sorry to hear this. On the bright side we
are one useful plugin up.


Regards
        Stephen


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From: Marc Jacquier
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 30 Jan 2005 12:18:18
Message: <41fd16da@news.povray.org>

news:41fd0830@news.povray.org...
> Folks,
> Complete doofus that I am, I managed to lose all the code for POV-Include
> (all of it, back-ups as well).  Don't ask, I feel pretty miserable about
it.
>
> Sorry guys ... but that's the end of the story on this plugin.  I must
have
> spent 40-80 hours over the Xmas holidays on it.  It could be "re-created"
> but right now I don't have the will/motivation.
>
> Lets hope we can enjoy the last release and hope it doesn't break.
>
> Neil
>

OOO :(
sad thing to happen
But we have the dll and it rocks :)

Marc
>


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From: leseur sylvain
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 31 Jan 2005 02:59:07
Message: <41fde54b@news.povray.org>
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!...
Sad thing, i sympathize with you.
Friendly
Sylvain.


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 31 Jan 2005 03:10:34
Message: <41fde7fa$1@news.povray.org>
Neil,
That is really sad!! I sympathize with you.
But the dll is around and working, so everything was not for nothing!

Thomas


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From: Paolo Gibellini
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 31 Jan 2005 04:04:01
Message: <41fdf481$1@news.povray.org>
Acc...
Everyone can understand: losing files is a way to stop creative processes
:-(
However you have given us a very good toy and the concept of a POV-Include
remains great.
;-)
Paolo


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From: Patrick Elliott
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 31 Jan 2005 14:03:01
Message: <MPG.1c682eb775fdbc1989cc8@news.povray.org>
In article <41fd0830@news.povray.org>, kol### [at] kolbancom says...
> Folks,
> Complete doofus that I am, I managed to lose all the code for POV-Include 
> (all of it, back-ups as well).  Don't ask, I feel pretty miserable about it.
> 
> Sorry guys ... but that's the end of the story on this plugin.  I must have 
> spent 40-80 hours over the Xmas holidays on it.  It could be "re-created" 
> but right now I don't have the will/motivation.
> 
> Lets hope we can enjoy the last release and hope it doesn't break.
> 
> Neil 
> 
Aren't there decompilers that could be used? Not sure if there is and the 
result might not be perfect, but it is one possibility.

-- 
void main () {

    call functional_code()
  else
    call crash_windows();
}


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From: Neil Kolban
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 31 Jan 2005 20:28:43
Message: <41fedb4b$1@news.povray.org>
Patrick,
Sadly no ... not for compiled C++.

Neil

"Patrick Elliott" <sha### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
news:MPG.1c682eb775fdbc1989cc8@news.povray.org...
> In article <41fd0830@news.povray.org>, kol### [at] kolbancom says...
>> Folks,
>> Complete doofus that I am, I managed to lose all the code for POV-Include
>> (all of it, back-ups as well).  Don't ask, I feel pretty miserable about 
>> it.
>>
>> Sorry guys ... but that's the end of the story on this plugin.  I must 
>> have
>> spent 40-80 hours over the Xmas holidays on it.  It could be "re-created"
>> but right now I don't have the will/motivation.
>>
>> Lets hope we can enjoy the last release and hope it doesn't break.
>>
>> Neil
>>
> Aren't there decompilers that could be used? Not sure if there is and the
> result might not be perfect, but it is one possibility.
>
> -- 
> void main () {

>    call functional_code()
>  else
>    call crash_windows();
> }


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From: Patrick Elliott
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 1 Feb 2005 19:36:59
Message: <MPG.1c69ce3740e3c07f989ccb@news.povray.org>
In article <41fedb4b$1@news.povray.org>, kol### [at] kolbancom says...
> Patrick,
> Sadly no ... not for compiled C++.
> 
Hmm. According to google this isn't 100% true. It would be more accurate 
to say that decompilers are compiler specific. They have them for HP-UX 
and .NET.. Though, maybe not. I just found this:

http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~cristina/dcc.html

Oops, that is for DOS, so not sure what it would do to C++ for Win32.

There is this though:

http://boomerang.sourceforge.net/

You could try them out and see. Even if they got close, it would be 
easier than reproducing the entire thing from scratch. Biggest issue I 
can see it not recognizing API calls for windows specific stuff, etc.

-- 
void main () {

    call functional_code()
  else
    call crash_windows();
}


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From: Model Citizen
Subject: Re: POV-Include ... code lost ... there won't be anymore ...!!!
Date: 19 Mar 2005 12:30:01
Message: <web.423c610acb85ed049ccf37000@news.povray.org>
I have also lost large amounts of data before, and I know it is
*devastating*.  Is this a case where a utility that can read deleted file
fragments from the hard drive might?  If not, just stay cool.  It is not
the end of the world.


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