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31 Jul 2024 12:21:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why left-handed coordinate system?  
From: jfmiller
Date: 21 Nov 2002 23:41:20
Message: <3dddb570@news.povray.org>
>   And someone thinks this is easier than simply pointing your thumb to
> +X, index finger to +Y and middle finger to +Z?

No not really, It's all a matter of what you've learned.  By using the
"curl" method it is then easier to introduce the consept of rotation as
"curling" ones finger in the direction of rotation and having the thumb pint
along the correct axis.  It also helps in sphereical Coords to remember
which way theta rotates.  But really it's just a matter of preference.

JFMILLER


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