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- From: bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: Re: (Trubo) Pascal fixed point numbers
- Message-ID: <10169@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 04:06:07 GMT
- References: <1992Aug8.014516.19510@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <6o0HPB1w161w@grafted.UUCP>
- Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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- In article <6o0HPB1w161w@grafted.UUCP> matt@grafted.UUCP (Matthew D. Sprout) writes:
- >I don't know that much about fractals, but I would suggest using
- >fortran. It does math calculations alot easier. You also might get
- >more help about fractals from people in the fortran area.
- >????????/
-
- [Warning! High testosterone level ahead!]
-
- Well, that was an enlightened post, if I ever saw one. Exactly
- how does fortran do math calculations alot (sic) easier (with the
- exception of exponentiation)? If you meant faster, then perhaps a
- good optimizing fortran compiler may indeed produce faster code, but
- then that doesn't help the poor bloke who already shelled out the
- bucks for his copy of TP, now does it? [Unless, of course, the
- original poster requested a suggestion of which language to use,
- in which case I am making a complete and total ass of myself.
- Wouldn't be the first time.] And if you plan on actually
- *viewing* the results, you'd better make sure your graphics
- routines are also lickity split.
-
- I have seen some very impressive fractal programs written in TP.
- There are several books published in the area, one I know of
- specifically in TP (though, of course, I don't know the title).
- Can't say that I'm aware of a Fortran book on fractals.
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- Bob Beauchaine bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
-
- C: The language that combines the power of assembly language with the
- flexibility of assembly language.
-
- Real friends don't let friends use UNIX.
-