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        General hints 
        
	  -  First of all, go to the precepts either Mon 8:00pm or
	  Thu 3:30pm in CS Bldg. 105.
	  
 -  Next, make use of our office hours
	  and lab hours.
	  
 -  Also, you can always send us e-mail or post questions to the newsgroup.
	  
 -  Check out how to setup your
	  account to run the COS 426 programs.
        
  
	Project 5 hints  
	  -  A word of wisdom: "Novice programmers often neglect the
	  design phase, instead diving into coding without giving
	  thought to the evolution of a piece of software over time.
	  The result is a haphazard, poorly modularized code which is
	  difficult to maintain and modify. A few minutes of planning
	  short-term and long-term goals at the beginning is time well
	  spent." (Paul Heckbert, Writing a Ray Tracer, in
	  An Introduction to Ray Tracing, edited by Andrew
	  Glassner).
	  
 -  Most of what you need to implement will be in the file
	  "my.c".
	  
 -  Take a look at this brief
	  description of the subset of inventor we are using.
          
 -  Stay tuned for more...
        
  
      
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