POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : #declares and memory management : Re: #declares and memory management Server Time
18 Aug 2024 16:18:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: #declares and memory management  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 22 May 2001 11:56:16
Message: <slrn9gl312.vgh.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On 22 May 2001 11:51:58 -0400, Warp wrote:
>Ron Parker <ron### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
>: Nah, the best way is to find someone on IRC or AIM or ICQ or whatever who
>: does know the innards but might not have the time to actually do it, and
>: ask for advice whenever you get stuck.  That's how some of what's in MegaPOV
>: and soon POV 3.5 got written.
>
>  On the other hand, teaching POV-Ray patching to someone who has never
>programmed before can be a much more laborious job than making the patch
>yourself, so it'll be necessary to find someone who is really willing to teach
>all that much... :)

That's sorta why I posted my AIM nickname.  It certainly wouldn't be the 
first time I've done that sort of teaching.

-- 
#macro R(L P)sphere{L F}cylinder{L P F}#end#macro P(V)merge{R(z+a z)R(-z a-z)R(a
-z-z-z a+z)torus{1F clipped_by{plane{a 0}}}translate V}#end#macro Z(a F T)merge{
P(z+a)P(z-a)R(-z-z-x a)pigment{rgbt 1}hollow interior{media{emission T}}finish{
reflection.1}}#end Z(-x-x.2y)Z(-x-x.4x)camera{location z*-10rotate x*90}


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