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In article <1992Nov9.155216.18546@prim> dave@prim.demon.co.uk (Dave Griffiths) writes:
>In article <1992Nov8.231641.28334@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> pratt@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Vaughan R. Pratt) writes:
>>
>>You are forgetting that scalability is a big concern today in CS.
>>Digital models don't scale gracefully, the bits look bigger.  Smooth
>>scalability demands a smooth view of what one is scaling.  A digital
>>view inhibits scalability.
>>
>
>Can you give an example of where scalability becomes a problem? Of course
>things don't look the same on smaller and smaller scales, but that's the
>whole point. If you take a smooth rod of metal, you can keep chopping it
>in half, but eventually you'll run up against a barrier of individual atoms -
>your scalability disappears.

I already gave a perfect example, namely bitmap fonts.  I used to hear
exactly your view expressed for bitmap fonts during the mid-80's.  I
don't hear it any more, there are now too many bits for bitmaps to be
more than the last step before rendering, at least in printers and I
hope at some point for screens.
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Vaughan Pratt