From: Jon S. B. <jon...@co...> - 2009-04-05 19:21:53
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The part that I was unsure about was to what extent FlightGear used relationships between and amongst properties (operations). If properties are used on the FlightGear side for input/storage only, then I’m OK with it as long as the code remains backwards compatible – which, I’m sure, is a given. Jon From: Curtis Olson [mailto:cur...@gm...] Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:47 PM To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] RFC: graphics effects files Jon Berndt: "I always came back to the conclusion that (vectors) would be a really bad idea. And it still is." I hate to put words in people's mouths, but let me try to do this fairly.... The primary reason I heard from Jon, is that he was thinking this will require a huge expansion in creating operators that manipulate these vectors ... and do all the different vector math operations. I think that's a misconception, but maybe I missed something in Tim's proposal? If true, then I agree with Jon's conclusion, but I think this is a misconception with the proposal. |