Re: Coordinate system question
Re: Coordinate system question
- Subject: Re: Coordinate system question
- From: Deirdre Saoirse <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:27:00 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, John C. Randolph wrote:
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On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 10:14 AM, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
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> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Bell, Carl wrote:
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>> I'm curious. Why are the coordinate systems in Cocoa based on the
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>> bottom/left rather than top/left?
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> Because that's the way Postscript does it.
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Which is because that's the way Reni Descartes did it. ;-)
Cartesian is the word I was trying to think of earlier and having one of
those grey moments about.
But, one wonders if he did it this way before or after he said, "I graph,
therefore I am"?
--
_Deirdre
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