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  Re: 32000 radio samples (there we go again)  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 10 Apr 2003 12:53:00
Message: <3E95A16B.2584B643@gmx.de>
Apache wrote:
> 
> >this can be removed ...... you need.
> What do you mean exactly?
> 
> The sorting of samples is required for finding the nearest sample at any
> given point withing the disc.

If you only generate the number of samples you really want to use their
order does not matter (for every direction a ray is shot, in which order
does not matter) - therefore sorting is unnecessary.

Christoph

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