"Bruno Cabasson" <bru### [at] alcatelaleniaspacefr> wrote:
> I had one thought: why not compile SDL into Java code, with runtime classes
> and shipped-in POV4 stuff (like we have now with POV), and control the
> generation process by the front-end, so that it is quick and transparent to
> the user?

well, I guess if we can ship a JVM with povray or expect the user to have it
installed, my crazy idea of shipping GCC with povray or expecting the user
to have it installed would be acceptable as well.

And we'd even economize one step, as in:
SDL -> C -> native code interfacing with native povray binaries

rather than:
SDL -> Java -> bytecode -> JNI calls to native code...

but I still guess we're pulling ourselves ahead of our times since, while
discussing SDL possibilities is nice, we have first to code infrastrucure
in C/C++ to handle it...

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