Maya's API is a joy to program once you understand the dependency graph model. 3DSMax's API, by contrast, is the worst pile of effluent that I've ever had the misfortune of being forced to deal with.
Just thought I'd share.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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