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From: George Michaelson <ggm@dst...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] povray on p9 
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 12:23:54 +1000


  I try to keep quiet when povray is
  mentioned, but someone invoked my name.

Not me. Arthur Ransome says of sailors:
	
"Better drowned than duffers if not duffers wont drown"

But I don't think that applies here. 
  
  Anyway, George Michaelson said:
  > don't go past radiance without a look.
  > its not povray but its very good.
  
  This, as bwk used to say, is vacuous.
  
At least my content is consistently awful. I aim for a shorter
encoding in killfiles.

  Povray is an abomination -- the perfect
  rejoinder to The Cathedral And The Bazaar.
  Radiance is a work of art.  Neither can
  handle scenes of any complexity, and neither
  is fast enough for serious animation.  (Before

I don't think radiance *seeks* to be a viable animation engine.

And that it both renders works of art, and is one, seems a nice
convergeance of desire and reality.

-George
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