[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib/curses ascii.py,NONE,1.1 textpad.py,NONE,1.1

[Paul Prescod]

Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> 
> -- ?!ng
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> (166 irender improvements since May 1999)

> Although some shots were composited with Sabre, ILM's extensions 
> to Discreet Logic's Flame and Inferno software, CompTime was 
> the compositing tool for the CG department, according to 
> Jeff Yost. First used for one shot in Saving Private Ryan, 
> CompTime is based on the studio's long-time scripted system, but 
> now boasts a graphical user interface and hooks for plug-ins that 
> can be written in Python or C++. 

Is it safe to say that "Without Python, Saving Private Ryan would not
have been possible, much less an Oscar winner?"

-- 
 Paul Prescod - Not encumbered by corporate consensus
When George Bush entered office, a Washington Post-ABC News poll found
that 62 percent of Americans "would be willing to give up a few of the
freedoms we have" for the war effort. They have gotten their wish.
	- "This is your bill of rights...on drugs", Harpers, Dec. 1999