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Article #41511Re: The Book - _Fractal Programming in C_
From: bill brothers
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 17:46
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 17:46
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In article <1303@crash.cts.com> elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM
>
>write Mandelbrot, I'd suggested finding FRACTINT and FRACTDOC on a BBS. They
>do integer math (quicker than floating point) and give you the C & ASM source.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
True mostly. If you are using a weitek FPU, most basic fp math operations are
2 cycles. I agree with the recommendation to check out FRACTINT et.al.
>Have fun with fractals! (That's Mr. Roger's fractillic dimension, I think.)
>
>Eric
>
> ProLine: elund@pro-graphics
Bill
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!weitek!jetsun!brothers From: brothers@jetsun.WEITEK.COM (bill brothers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: The Book - _Fractal Programming in C_ Message-ID: <863@jetsun.WEITEK.COM> Date: 2 Feb 90 17:46:38 GMT References: <1303@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: brothers@jetsun.WEITEK.COM (bill brothers) Organization: WEITEK, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 18