replacement for 2 polys.c
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jonmc/CSE3313/Resources/SampleCode/Code/text.c
http://www.sv.vt.edu/classes/opengl/examples/text/text.c

Jan 22
Comment:
      > Question 3a asks to define formulas
      > for control points and, having been to every class, I still have no idea
      > how
      > to do it. 
Answer: 
      see today's class and Jan 20 below

Comment:
    > Question 3b asks to "iterate cubic uniform subdivision (as
    > explained in class)" and to put the rule in our readme file. I don't even
    > know where to begin dissecting that question (neither do the classmates
    > that
    > I've spoken to)
Answer: see today's class. I pointed out in the last class that you 
     are not yet able to do that part.

Comment:
   > - Finally, part D of the questions asks to define a circle, when a circle
   > was never formally defined in our class.
Answer:
    ;-)  well, give me some slack

Comment:
   > The OpenGL book explains things very  abstractly, 
Answer:
   You can't have something less abstract than running code...
   Be more precise and I will answer.

Comment:   
   and [OpenGL book] it's not necessarily what we discuss in class.
Answer:
   actually it is -- except for the line by line code.

Turnin
   -- we are still waiting for CISE admin to set this up properly...


Jan 20

Q:   > Determine ci0 and ci3  so that the polynomial pieces join C^2.
      > What is C^2?
A:   twice continuously differentiable (as oultined Friday  in class)

Jan 15     
        under the homepage "sample programs"  tab
        look at     1bufftst and 3squarepaint
        Under Linux/Unix you can use the make file "make"
        and you may need to copy the file "glut.h"