POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Why left-handed coordinate system? : Re: Why left-handed coordinate system? Server Time
4 Nov 2024 21:23:10 EST (-0500)
  Re: Why left-handed coordinate system?  
From: Warp
Date: 15 Nov 2002 03:56:39
Message: <3dd4b6c6@news.povray.org>
Kaveh <kav### [at] delete_thisfocalimagecom> wrote:
> Is there a specific reason why POV-ray uses a left-handed coordinate
> system?

  For 90% of people it's easier to write with the right hand while they
do axis visualizations with their left hand.

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -


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