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16 Apr 2024 15:54:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 3.2.1.3.4  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 5 Oct 2005 12:05:25
Message: <4343f9c5$1@news.povray.org>
Kenneth wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>> Ken Hutson <ken### [at] goettingcom> wrote:
>>> This is incorrect.
>>> abs(A) Absolute value of A. If A is negative, returns -A otherwise returns
>>> A.
>>   How is it incorrect?
>>
>> --
>>                                                           - Warp
> 
> abs(A) will ALWAYS return a positive value (or zero, of course.). AFAIK,
> that's what "absolute" means.
> 
> 

Quick quiz: What is the negative of a negative number. (Hint: its not a 
double negative...)

-- 
~Mike

Things! Billions of them!


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