From: Markus <markus@...>
Date: 2004-10-12T14:39:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Geodesic Dome Faces (#3)

On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 22:09, Takuon Soho wrote:
> Your description of the Geodesic face finding algorithm
> was quite clear and interesting.  I shall resist the impulse
> to toy with it for the time being, keeping in the back of my mind
> that this would be perfect grist for the mill of Dykstra's method
> of algorithm derivation and simultaneous proof of correctness,
> if indeed there is anyone around who still rerembers it
> and has mastered the developmental symbology.

     *big smile*  It is very like his convex hull example in "A
Discipline of Programming" isn't it?

> I spent some time in the early 1980's reading about Geodesics,
> wishing for some sort tools such as you have provided here.

> In addition, I am totally new to Ruby (being mainly an experienced
> C++ developer with some VBScripting in the past),
> and am quite astonished at the remarkable features of this
> powerful language.

     I have the start of a mesh-data structure loosely based on that
chapter (without, alas, the rigorous proof of correctness) that I am
putting together for another purpose.  E-mail me off-list if you would
like a copy.

    -- Markus