From: Michael K. Neylon (mneylon@engin.umich.edu)
Date: 13-Feb-95 (21:31:13 GMT)
Subj: p,q,r
The lexicons p, q, and r seem to represent parts of a
circle, specifically p is the radius, and q and r are
angles. (This invalidates the idea that pP...Pp and
rP...Pr are used as encapsulations). Resoning: the
line that has GpPQCQPpG i ... works out to read
'p=2 and q=0 circle units and r=400 circle units,
and the following picture shows an 180degree arc
that is at radius 2. Thus, the orientation of the
hexagon raster images, also with the 'standing alien'
fact, should help reveal the 'correct' way of drawing
the maps. q and r are probably the start and end of
an arc, respectively, and thus, the image of the arc
should follow this convention. the support for p
being the radius variable is given in the 3 previous
statement, setting p to various distances and showing
a circle of that radius (of 0, 1 or 2 units). Still
working on the two sets of statements before that...
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