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From: garry@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Garry Wiegand as guest)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: PS300 Function Networks was( Re: PHIGS early history? )
Message-ID: <7710@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 89 03:16:48 GMT
Reply-To: garry@larch.cadif.cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell Engineering && Ithaca Software
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In a recent article cme@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Carl Ellison) wrote:
>Thanks for noting the function networks with kindness if not praise.
>There were (and probably still are) those at E&S who were convinced
>I was off my rocker with that.

I meant to imply considerable praise! For being brave/sure enough
to push through a software idea that was *novel*! And doing it in the 
midst of a well-established company, to boot.

We're not planning on implementating E&S function networks ourselves,
but in our discussions it's one of the basic ideas everyone needs to
understand. A part of the state of the art of computer graphics.

(For those who don't know: a function network is a directed graph
of arithmetic functions. Data flows in one end, for example from a
mouse, follows the connections, is transformed in arbitrary ways, 
and flows out the other end, for example to affect a screen display. 
The data flow happens *continuously*.  (Carl, did I say it right?))

garry wiegand   (garry@larch.cadif.cornell.edu - @batcomputer won't work)