* Dave Harris <brangdon@cix.compulink.co.uk> [2004-12-19 08:05]:
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Not sure. In computer graphics you specifically talk about "axis-aligned bounding boxes". To me, "box" is the 3d version of "rectangle".
As I realised towards the end of my previous post, perhaps we shouldn't care about 2d graphics, either. It's not so clear-cut because windowing is also 2d; it's easier to see a continuum between them.
Actually, I find the idea of a 2d Boost algorithm library intreaguing, more interesting than a widget wrapper library. When I look at how algorithms are composed in generic programming, the ability to compose drawing algorithms makes a a lot of sense. The ability to have the compilier hard wire a text box that converts to long doesn't do much for me. -- Alan Gutierrez - alan@engrm.com