From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: "Are Allegro's routines fast enough to write Quake-like games?" - No. HUH?
Date: 7 Aug 1997 05:51:19 GMT
Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
Lines: 15
Message-ID: <5sbnon$ilq@freenet-news.carleton.ca>
References: <199705232152 DOT QAA08574 AT rrnet DOT com> <33875EFC DOT 2306 AT imag DOT net><5m8o7e$mo6 AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca> <338b7ff5 DOT 3171460 AT news DOT cybermax DOT net><5n24bf$ert AT nr1 DOT toronto DOT istar DOT net> <33953049 DOT 82D8D021 AT alumnos DOT inf-cr DOT uclm DOT es><33A3F6C0 DOT 305A8DFF AT execulink DOT com> <33A3FD8C DOT 17E3 AT cs DOT com><Pine DOT GSO DOT 3 DOT 96 DOT 970617181644 DOT 8410A-100000 AT saule> <33A6F23E DOT 28E5 AT cs DOT com><33e1da4a DOT 1183603 AT news DOT zip DOT com DOT au> <KmVNwRARye4zEwX$@jenkinsdavid.demon.co.uk> <01bca219$d7e19aa0$c7faaec7 AT windows95>
Reply-To: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet5.carleton.ca
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Precedence: bulk



Okay the final word on geometry:

Square analogue        Dimensions     Circle analogue       Plane analogue
Point                  0D             Point                 Point
Line segment           1D             Line segment/2 points Line
Square                 2D             Circle/disk           Plane
Cube                   3D             Sphere/ball           3-space

--
    .*.  Where feelings are concerned, answers are rarely simple [GeneDeWeese]
 -()  <  When I go to the theater, I always go straight to the "bag and mix"
    `*'  bulk candy section...because variety is the spice of life... [me]
Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh