On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:39:11 -0400, Hassoun Karam <has### [at] sympaticoca> wrote:
>what is the difference between the " POV-Ray for Windows 3.1" and
>"POV-Ray v3.1e for Windows 95/98/NT "? does the 3.1 stand for the
>Windows version in the first label?

Nope, they're both POV versions.  As far as I know, there was never
a version of POV-Ray specifically for any 16-bit Windows operating
system.  I would guess that the first is either an older version of
POV, or it's a more generic reference to the current crop of minor
versions.  In what context do you see these two labels?

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Ron Parker wrote:
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> On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:39:11 -0400, Hassoun Karam <has### [at] sympaticoca> wrote:
> >what is the difference between the " POV-Ray for Windows 3.1" and
> >"POV-Ray v3.1e for Windows 95/98/NT "? does the 3.1 stand for the
> >Windows version in the first label?
> 
> Nope, they're both POV versions.  As far as I know, there was never
> a version of POV-Ray specifically for any 16-bit Windows operating
> system.  I would guess that the first is either an older version of
> POV, or it's a more generic reference to the current crop of minor
> versions.  In what context do you see these two labels?

 I have seen this come up once before. I think the misunderstanding
is the revision number itself. If you miss placing a "v" infront
of the 3.1 people are so used to the MS Windows v3.1 and all of the
products marketed for it they assume this is a build of Pov-Ray for
Windows v3.1 rather than a build of Pov-Ray v3.1 for Windows 95/98.

This is the assumption I have made and the one I am sticking with for now.


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Ken Tyler

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