05-09-2003, 11:54 PM
Hi,
. . . if you were a chessman ;)
If you were constrained to move on a square matrix, then being on the diagonal would put you farther away. And, as an example, consider a built up city block (and make it square). Let's suppose that there is a round water tower smack in middle of the block. But the only access you have is on the sidewalks. If you're standing on a corner, you are further away from the tower than if your standing in mid block, and yet the tower is "half a block away" in both cases.
Of course, the square matrix was just another another example of the limitation of Buzzard's programming talents. I mean, rogue had a square matrix, and it was programmed in the stone age. ;)
--Pete
. . . if you were a chessman ;)
If you were constrained to move on a square matrix, then being on the diagonal would put you farther away. And, as an example, consider a built up city block (and make it square). Let's suppose that there is a round water tower smack in middle of the block. But the only access you have is on the sidewalks. If you're standing on a corner, you are further away from the tower than if your standing in mid block, and yet the tower is "half a block away" in both cases.
Of course, the square matrix was just another another example of the limitation of Buzzard's programming talents. I mean, rogue had a square matrix, and it was programmed in the stone age. ;)
--Pete
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