The results are in for the POVRay Short Code Contest, Round 3. Here is the code for the winner: union{sphere{z*9-1,2}plane{y,-3}finish{reflection{,1}}}background{1+z/9} which creates a sphere (left). That is actually the second shortest entry at 72 bytes. I don't think the size actually figured into the ranking since it was a public vote and the code size wasn't listed. Most the other entries are really close to the 256 byte limit. Probably my favorite is the colorful start type picture (right) . It comes in at 244 bytes of code.
While there is something to say for the simplicity of the winner, it is not the most impressive considering that goal of the contest was less code. It is obviously a primitive sphere on a plane with some shading. Not saying I could do it, but that I would expect it would be much similer to do then many of the others.
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