Re: [boost] Preview 3 of the Geometry Library

Subject: Re: [boost] Preview 3 of the Geometry Library
From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-16 18:17:47

I don't have much time at present though I hope to be able to look at 
least at the documentation for this latest preview.  But for the time 
being I can't let this aspect of the discussion go without a comment:

Bruno Lalande wrote:
> I'd like to rename circle into hypersphere or nsphere

Personally I prefer to call a spade a spade, a circle a circle and a 
rectangle a rectangle.  "Two dimensional hypershepere"???  "Two 
dimensional paralleloflange"???  "Quadropoint cultivational utensil"!!!

Yes, a library that works in arbitrary dimensions is useful to more 
people than one that's limited to 2 or 3 dimensions.  But it _must_ be 
done without this sort of vocabulary.  Can you imagine the reaction of 
someone who learnt what "square", "rectangle" and "circle" meant aged 4 
and now "just wants a simple library to do some graphics", when faced 
with the parallelotope?

Phil.