From: Frank W. Miller <fwmiller@cs.umd.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:36:49 -0400 (EDT)

Re: Fast lines

> Why does anyone use floting point. I have created line drawing algorthims
> that used floating point. On most ix86 and RISC this is much faster. Also
> you don't have to woory about which quadrant the line is in. 
> 

You could use a Cray and I still don't think you'd be able to beat
Bresenham.  Its just plain the fastest there is.

Later,
FM

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Frank W. Miller                           Department of Computer Science
fwmiller@cs.umd.edu                               University of Maryland
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