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I think as Andy writes, Bill was showing off a very impressive demo, and was maybe miffed that Steve wasn’t appreciating it. Also, the question had just been s
by sircastor 2y ago
I think as Andy writes, Bill was showing off a very impressive demo, and was maybe miffed that Steve wasn’t appreciating it.
Also, the question had just been sprung, and literally no one had ever done this before.
- n4r9 2y agoThis was my interpretation as well. Internally I would be thinking "Look, I've just worked my ass off and produced something incredible. Can't we just put it straight into production?"
- int_19h 2y agoIs it actually true that "no-one had ever done this before?". As far as I know, the midpoint circle algorithm, being a straightforward extension of Bresenham's line algorithm, was already well-known by 1981. Indeed, here's a paper from 1967 that does basically the same thing: https://academic.oup.com/comjnl/article-pdf/10/3/282/1333509/100282.pdf https://academic.oup.com/comjnl/article-pdf/10/3/282/1333509...
- sircastor 2y agoI meant more specifically the first time it was really being used as a rapidly drawn object on a screen.