"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Round and round we go.
> IIRC, I wrote a solution for generating a parabola passing through 3 points for
> jr at one point.
> Recently I went through the solver code for the sor {} Catmull-Rom splines
> And again I touched on the parabola solution while discussing math with my son.
>
> I was looking a few things over to review the math and methods, and I said to
> myself, "Hey - this all looks awfully familiar."
>
> Why should I write code to solve a set of linear equations when the code already
> exists in source and is exposed to the user through matrix transforms?
>
> I'll likely follow this up with some other examples and explanatory text, but
> for right now behold:  Solving a system of linear equation with 3 unknowns using
> only keywords.  No "math" to speak of.
>
> POV-Ray black magic.   :)
>
> Go ahead: change P0, P1, or P2.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> - BE
>

 Cool! Works for me! Did a few little changes for 3.7.

Having Fun!

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