On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 15:26:39 +0100, A.B. wrote:
>I think the whole discussion is obsolete. In the time an cpu optimized
>version of POV Ray runs stable and without a few errors more the the
>original version, there is a new processor under which the original POV
>will run faster than the optimised. Therefor I value all the work for
>cpu-optimized POV versions for lost time. 

Except that the optimized version will run still faster under the new
processor than the original version.  There's a place for optimization,
but it has to be done carefully, with an eye to portability.


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Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

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