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31 Jul 2024 22:19:05 EDT (-0400)
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From: Paul Bourke
Date: 15 Dec 2006 18:40:00
Message: <web.45833183693fab43820eac890@news.povray.org>
> Interesting - if you replace the sqrt(...) in the isosurface with
> sqrt(max(0,...)) it should work reliably with all versions (but is slow
> as hell for some reason).

In general, somewhere before version 3.6, isosurface{} and parametric{}
started taking MUCH longer to render than earlier.

As far as the sqrt of negative numbers is concerned ... I use Linux and Mac
OS-X and neither had problems, I suspect it it their use of the IEEE
libraies which hande those exceptions very well, I don't think MS/compilers
do so as well.

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