On 12/9/2010 3:57 PM, Warp wrote:

>>> And while I took and understood a great deal of math, it wasn't until
>>> physics class that I suddenly said "Oh, *that* is what an integral is for!"
>>>
>> or trigonometry after encountering POVray
>
>    Geometry, trigonometry and in some cases even calculus has been quite
> useful in graphical-heavy and game programming.
>

Or when dealing with writing software for industrial equipment. I can't 
believe how much trig I actually used when working on machinery. It was 
necessary, some of the stuff I was dealing with were circles that had to 
line up tangent to a board, etc..

-- 
~Mike

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