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From: newbery@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery)
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Subject: Re: Polygon question
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Date: 28 Apr 88 23:17:41 GMT
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I've used the number-of-bits-in-a-byte technique and it works just fine,
takes just a few seconds to count the bits in a MacPaint document (background:
someone wanted the area of a complex object, so we Thunderscan a photo and
count the bits.)