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hpcc.info - hugh - 12-16-2014 07:47 PM
HPCC in London, have a new (and old) technology forum.
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RE: hpcc.info - Thomas Klemm - 12-16-2014 11:12 PM
My favorite program so far: Pastry Making in HPLUA Programs
Quote:-- this falls slightly shortThis made me chuckle. Throwing all that math at a problem and then not using it.
You could probably just as well return 2*h+b in baseCutDiameter.
Now I wonder what kind of pastry you make.
Kind regards
Thomas
RE: hpcc.info - hugh - 12-17-2014 08:36 AM
I did try it. that's why i found it falls slightly short :-)
Imagine you have a dish with a sloped side (the frustrum). The idea is to cut a circular piece of pastry to fit the base and the sides. However, the shape is not a circle when flattened and so a circular piece of pastry winds up (slightly) crumpled on the side slopes and thus "falls short" slightly.
I think the 10% hack factor accommodates this.
The code was an experiment to calculate the amount of pastry required to make a pie with an optional lid, and then calculate the amount of raw ingredients needed (ie flour, fat, etc.)
:-)