Re: What do we Want?

Chris Marrin (cmarrin@ariel.engr.sgi.com)
Thu, 9 Nov 1995 09:42:17 -0800

On Nov 9, 8:30am, J Gwinner/VisNet, I wrote:
> Subject: Re: What do we Want?
> Chris:
>
> I like the concept of a 'degredated LOD' but frankly, the syntax looks
like a
> mess. OTOH, after taking a look at it, you did it as simple as it can
be of
> course. (tmis isn't a flame).
>
> Did you see my commsnts a while back on 'sliding LOD's' ...

Yes! In fact the curesnt design grew out of your commsnts - just
simplified a bit. If you look at it, an LOD with no ranges and children
will always have "more children than ranges" so your sliding behavior is
performed. I argued for generalizing it to your design. I was convinced
otherwise when I tried to write the example I posted with your design and
got very confused. This simplfied design is easier to author and to
implement in a browser.

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