Re: 3d programming

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From: John J. Karcher
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 18:11

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In <311E38D7.71BC@psu.edu> "Christopher H. Clark" <chc104@psu.edu>
writes: 
>
>Jonathan Cohen wrote:
>> 
>> In article <3118310E.52F@psu.edu>, Christopher H. Clark
<chc104@psu.edu> wrote:
>> >Actually, you only need 2 points to define a plane: a point on the
plane and
>> >a normal vector.
>> 
>> Sorry to quibble, but...
>> 
>>    A VECTOR IS NOT A POINT!!!!
>> 
>> Now back to our regular program.
>
>Points are vectors.

But the reverse is not true.

    - John J. Karcher

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