Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >
> >   I don't see any reason why povray couldn't be compiled for Windows 98.

> Just for comparison: the Win32 platform is just about 10 years old.
> Building current POV-Ray for the predecessor (DOS) is no more supported.
>   It makes sense to assume that in 2015 (~10 years after the
> introduction of Win64 assumed as the successor of Win32 for this
> purpose) building the POV-Ray of that time (whatever version that might
> be) for Windows 98 might be tricky.
>
> >   A completely different story is whether there will be an official binary
> > for it or not.
>
> Indeed.
>
> Christoph
>
>

The year 2015, eh?  Lets' see... 10 years ago, CGI was JUST starting to make
 a splash in Hollywood, in a rather crude way (comparitively speaking). I
know, because I was there, working as a mechanical special effects
designer...and wondering what all the fuss was about!

Now here we are in 2005, with kids' video games that would have been
considered "science fiction" a  decade ago...running at speeds that SURELY
can't get any faster.  (Or__can__they???)

Putting on my prognosticator's cap, and looking into the year 2015--the
expected release date of POV v4  ;-)   -- I see that:
* video games will be holographic
* We'll all be driving around in flying cars, powered by hydrogen and
gravity waves
* China will be the worlds's only superpower (outsourcing work to the rest
of the globe)
* war will be abolished...too expensive.
* software will be written by nanobots. Somehow.
* Bill Gates will be Emperor Of The World (a new political title, to be
established just for him in 2010)

But I'll still be using my good 'ol trusty Pentium II / Windows 98SE
combo!!!!!!

I see that my question was a bit, uh....premature.

Ken

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