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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by JKCalhoun on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:42PM (#40654240)
You're reminding of the "Numerical Recipes" series of books from that era. I feel like there were a series related to computer graphics as well....
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by jacobolus on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @12:17AM (#40654455)
Numerical Recipes was just several editions of one book, each with a few variants (for different programming languages).

But you might be thinking of Graphics Gems (vols 1–5). https://www.realtimerendering.com/resources/GraphicsGems/

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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by AlotOfReading on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @01:57AM (#40654991)
Abrash's Black Book was more in the style of Numerical Recipes than graphics gems, from what I recall. I also remember Nvidia putting out something annually around the late 2000s that was pretty good, can't remember the name though.
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @04:28PM (#40662726)
Wow, yeah, Graphics Gems, those was amazing. Thanks for reminding me.
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by jacobolus on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @08:36PM (#40664718)
From the same era, folks may also enjoy the three volumes of collected articles from Jim Blinn's Corner. Some of it is a bit dated now, but plenty is still relevant.
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