cme@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Carl Ellison) (04/10/89)
Thanks for noting the function networks with kindness if not praise. There were (and probably still are) those at E&S who were convinced I was off my rocker with that. --Carl Ellison UUCP:: cme@cloud9.Stratus.COM SNail:: Stratus Computer; 55 Fairbanks Blvd.; Marlborough MA 01752 Disclaimer:: (of course)
garry@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Garry Wiegand as guest) (04/10/89)
In a recent article cme@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Carl Ellison) wrote: >Thanks for noting the function networks with kindness if not praise. >There were (and probably still are) those at E&S who were convinced >I was off my rocker with that. I meant to imply considerable praise! For being brave/sure enough to push through a software idea that was *novel*! And doing it in the midst of a well-established company, to boot. We're not planning on implementating E&S function networks ourselves, but in our discussions it's one of the basic ideas everyone needs to understand. A part of the state of the art of computer graphics. (For those who don't know: a function network is a directed graph of arithmetic functions. Data flows in one end, for example from a mouse, follows the connections, is transformed in arbitrary ways, and flows out the other end, for example to affect a screen display. The data flow happens *continuously*. (Carl, did I say it right?)) garry wiegand (garry@larch.cadif.cornell.edu - @batcomputer won't work)