Re: [boost] Library Proposal: Boost.Geom 2D and 3D GeometricPrimi tives

From: Anis Benyelloul (benyelloul_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-02 05:41:57

Martin Bonner <martin.bonner <at> pitechnology.com> writes:

>Actually one of the current popular physical theories is that the world is
>11D (or is it 15?).  

Ok ! wasn't aware of this, :) !

>Yes, but insisting that people consider 2D points a subset of 3D points
>(rather than a different concept which is isomorphic with a subset of 3D
>points), is probably a mistake.

Hummm... I think its quite the opposite ! Generalizing, making use of
similarities is what programming is all about. If 2D points are part of
3D points, then our design should reflect that.

-- Anis Benyelloul