> I like this one. Very nice.
Thank you!

> Could this effect be achieved without I/O, by re-running your system N
times
> (where N is the number of calculation steps you want to show) for each
particle,
> for each frame? It would increase parse time, but it would be just an
exercise in
> non-I/O methods afterall.

Of course. The system makes extensive use of pseudo-random streams,
and is very much dependant on these streams. Thus, you could
achieve the same effect by calling my system several dozens or hundreds
of times and calculate positions.
For my 150-particles-being trailed animation, that would be 4 secs
parsing for the initial 150p, and for the final (where 1420 rebounces
have occured, each rebounce results in an additional internal
calculation to check for new rebounces) 12 seconds. Parsing time
would sky-rocket, I'd say, but it is possible. You just have to set
the clock the system is based on to a certain value for the trailing
particles, like .01, .02, .03 etc.

Perhaps, when I've got nothing else to do on the computer, I'll
try that, just for the sake of non I/O...

Regards,
Tim

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