Re: display of graphics primitives
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- Subject: [mg101225] Re: display of graphics primitives
- From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:03:40 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jun 26, 5:53 am, dsmithy <dsmi... at live.ca> wrote: > On Jun 25, 7:09 am, "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devr... at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Why should the grass be green, why do I have to press 'send' when > > sending mail and why can't I leave my microwave oven door open while > > it's doing its job? And why, just why don't I ever win the lottery? > > LOL! But I think you forgot the classic, "Why is the sky blue?" we got an answer for that one :) http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Why+is+the+sky+blue > Anyway, thanks for the laugh. I guess I'm just trying to understand > the thinking (principles) behind Mathematica's language design. > > > > > Count your blessings. Before V6, you had to enclose Graphics with Show > > to actually generate visible graphics. > > Show... now there's another command I don't really understand the > point of! For another day, perhaps. > > > > > Cheers -- Sjoerd