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From: shirley@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: QD ovals
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Date: Thu, 28-Aug-86 22:54:00 EDT
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I've noticed that Quickdraw ovals are sometimes strange-- often there are
"clumps" of pixels that seem too dense, and even more strange are complete
breaks in ovals (I've only noticed these breaks in ovals of high eccentricity).
I don't think that these ovals are generated by a Bressenham-like algorithm, 
mainly because of the breaks.  Does anyone know the algorithm that is used?
Any references?  Is a non-standard algorithm being used to save space in ROM,
and/or is it a fast algorithm?  

				Thanks in advance,

				Peter Shirley
				University of Illinois