David Buck <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote:
> Hi everyone.  David (Kirk) Buck here.  I'm the original author of
> DKBTrace and POV-Ray.
>
> It's now been about 40 years since I wrote DKBTrace.  It seems like
> forever ago, but I can still remember the thrill of generating (very
> slowly) 3D images of scenes I modeled with a text file using software I
> wrote myself.
>
> I check this forum periodically, but mostly I just lurk to be honest and
> check out what people are doing.  I was about 24 years old when I first
> wrote DKBTrace. I'll soon be turning 64 years old and I'm aiming at
> retiring soon.
>
> I've always been interested in spreading the joy of programming and
> using computers in a creative way.  DKBTrace was one of many projects
> I've worked on simply for the joy of coding.  Interestingly, when I
> released DKBTrace, I thought I was done with it and was releasing it to
> allow others to have fun as well.  It seems that the fun has been
> continuing for the past 40 years.
>
> I'm going to commit to checking this newsgroup more frequently for a
> while and responding to posts.  If you have any questions or comments
> I'll try to respond as quickly as I can.
>
> David Buck

Thank you, David, for DKBTrace, POV and your support that follows. It sure
changed my 3D career path in the early 90's. It allowed me to produce art in a
new and fantastic way. I used POV early on to produce renders for Columbus
architects, which eventually lead to becoming a design architect and using 3D
extensively for presenting concepts to my clients. POV remains dear to my heart.

Congrats on turning 64 and retirement! I'll be turning 68 myself - time does
fly. I'm just get back to some new POV work and will try to post more often.
God Bless,
Mike.

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