Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.lang.asm,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Bill Atkinson, rest in peace Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:09:05 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 8 Message-ID: <20250616100905.0000434c@gmail.com> References: <684501c7$11$13$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <10256vn$4dma$1@dont-email.me> <20250613141833.038a305eca2288e871bdac0f@127.0.0.1> <102idbk$3o8g6$5@dont-email.me> <20250616080736.00001300@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:09:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3c976959d8ff6736cfb6197acca18e71"; logging-data="1812902"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/yB+uAtymfGCs4hCUblSHH6AO0kK4hFVk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:zh2WjKXj3jdO0WDC18/nmbpvg6w= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:27539 alt.lang.asm:8788 comp.os.msdos.programmer:4539 On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:25:48 +0100 Richard Kettlewell wrote: > AFAIK the algorithm goes back to Bresenham in the 1960s - although > it=E2=80=99s certainly possible Atkinson rediscovered it. Might well be - I yield to those with more knowledge on that point.