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29 Apr 2024 23:59:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Area light idiosyncrasies  
From: clipka
Date: 3 Oct 2016 16:04:29
Message: <57f2b9cd$1@news.povray.org>
Am 03.10.2016 um 03:20 schrieb Cousin Ricky:

> But taking a closer look at how the points are spaced, I believe I know
> how they computed those positions.  (I'd verify my guess by looking at
> the code, but if I still had the mental stamina to do that, I'd be
> *writing* POV-Ray.)  A wild guess at why they chose to do it that way
> would be to facilitate adaptive sampling.

You're on the right track ;)


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