Quote - I'm sure both types have their strengths and weaknesses. I'd like to have both (always was greedy), but given the either/or choice, I'd much rather have a figure. Easier to play around and experiment with I think. And don't forget the poor old animators.

I think a figure will be more versatile, myself, particularly if I don't have the necessary math at hand to generate a correctly-hanging prop.  If a figure is in use, various methods can be used to pose the chain in a way that at least sort of resembles a mathematically-correct catenary curve.

A script could be written which could pose a chain to place its two endpoints in desired locations while trying to approximate the proper hanging curve, theoretically.

A figure can always be posed to suit, then exported to create a static prop, as well.

Hmm.

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Cage can be an opinionated jerk who posts without thinking.  He apologizes for this.  He's honestly not trying to be a turkeyhead.

Cage had some freebies, compatible with Poser 11 and below.  His Python scripts were saved at archive.org, along with the rest of the Morphography site, where they were hosted.