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- From: hmallat@robin.cs.hut.fi (Hannu Mallat ~ PurpleHaze!)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics,rec.games.programmer
- Subject: Re: Algorithm for Bitmap rotation & scaling
- Date: 19 Dec 1992 19:03:59 GMT
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, CS lab
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- References: <krisr.724726801@cue> <1992Dec19.171624.11632@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In <1992Dec19.171624.11632@midway.uchicago.edu> greg@dent.uchicago.edu (Greg Kuperberg) writes:
-
- >In article <krisr.724726801@cue> krisr@cue.bc.ca (Kristof Roomp) writes:
- >>while dreaming my way through linear algebra, I suddenly realized that
- >>linear transformations could be quite handy in rotating, scaling, etc. of
- >>aps.
-
- >Good grief! Why else would we teach the stuff to you?
-
- >If you saved a copy of the Electronic Arts job posting that said you
- >don't have to know any math to write good games, you can keep E.A.'s
- >address but you should erase the rest of the article.
-
- *Sigh* Not to start a flamewar, but this might explain why I've seen
- so many PC games and programs that are crap on anything less than
- '486... and sometimes even on that.
-
- Programmers shouldn't be let near the computer until they have learned
- about good, stable algorithms, optimization techniques, graceful exits
- on error conditions, etc. (Sorry, I was brainwashed by our software
- techniques course ;)
-
- But really... after seeing an awful SoundBlaster demo on '486/33, I
- thought: "Christ! Have they no shame at all... To publish this crap..."
-
- Like someone said: "Were architects to build houses like programmers
- build code, the first woodpecker which came around would destroy the
- whole civilization" ;-)
- --
- I gotta roll, can't stand still, \/
- Got a flame in my heart, can't get my fill, /\ Hannu Mallat
- Eyes that shine burning red, \/ hmallat@niksula.hut.fi
- Dreams of you all thru my head. /\
-