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29 Apr 2024 14:35:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help - very difficult when it should be easy  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 21 Nov 2016 12:45:01
Message: <web.5833324eba97f5c1b99945e00@news.povray.org>
"Tor Olav Kristensen" <tor### [at] TOBEREMOVEDgmailcom> wrote:
> No, points and vectors are not the same thing:
>
> - You can add a vector to a vector and get a vector
> - You can subtract a vector from a vector and get a vector
> - You can subtract a point from a point and get a vector
> - You can add a vector to a point and get a point
> - You can subtract a vector from a point and get a point
> - But you can not add a point to a point

Whoa, you have a point (no pun intended), but this will throw a monkey wrench
into my Hungarian-like notation.  ('p' is already taken by pigment.)


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