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From: rick@hanauma.stanford.edu (Richard Ottolini)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Hexagonal Pixels
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Date: 15 Sep 89 21:24:05 GMT
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Hexagonal grids are important for differential equation and cellula automata
grids because they are more isotropic than rectangular grids (less funny
stuff at 45-degree angles).  I wonder if people use them in graphics?