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  Re: to litle precision ?  
From: Rafal 'Raf256' Maj
Date: 8 Aug 2002 09:01:03
Message: <Xns92649824D7E52raf256com@204.213.191.226>
ABX <abx### [at] babilonorg> wrote in
news:csp4lusco4pg0qd2k4brinvgdegn08144d@4ax.com 

> Oh, yes! Writing sphere{0 99e9999999999999999} is legal. Should I say
> it should produce correct results ? Floating point accuracy problem
> never ends. 

not 99e99999, not even 1e99 - just 1e6 - is it realy so much to simulate 
sun light ?

-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M


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