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12 Aug 2024 21:16:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help needed with radiosity and caustics and dispersion and...  
From: Ken
Date: 23 Feb 1999 17:56:19
Message: <36D33195.7E66EFF0@pacbell.net>
Rudy Velthuis wrote:
> 
> Bob Hughes schrieb in Nachricht <36D32A3C.A7C6D824@aol.com>...
> >'sor' is surface of revolution though. Of course I understand your
> >sentiment, writing a word out is more obvious. Especially difficult to
> >recall all the keywords if each and every were short versions. Except I
> >still could see getting along with several at least. superellipsoid is
> >one, especially; maybe 'sel'?. Ones like prism are fine.
> >
> >Got 98 cents for a dollar?
> 
> The size of the keyword can be larger, as long as it is not used very often.
> In Delphi we have words like initialization, finalization or implementation
> which are really a nuisance to type. But they appear only once in a file. I
> think sor is a bit short. I first though it was some kind of boolean
> operation (like or, and and not). Superellipsoid is ok for me. (Supertoroid
> would be nice too.)
> 
> --
> Rudy Velthuis

I like "superlips". Has a nice ring to it.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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