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10 Aug 2024 21:01:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: I don't get it...  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 6 Nov 1999 17:00:31
Message: <3824A5F0.BF0C242C@erols.com>
TonyB wrote:
> 
> >How many triangles are in the first file?  PrepMesh() can take a very
> >long time if there are a lot of them.
> 
> So, you're saying that I did it correctly? There are 20480 triangles
> in the original (generated by your make.inc @ 5 splits). The 'forever'
> parsing was about 1.5 hours, after which I cancelled it.

The tests of the SSS used far smaller meshes (around 200 or so).
The PrepMesh() macro is by far the slowest of the macros; the rest
don't suffer from the n-squared rule.

> PS: Sorry for getting your name wrong, Mr. VanSickle.

Oh, others have gotten it worse...

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