On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:59:59 +0100, Robert Bossy wrote: > Gabriel Genellina wrote: >> That's what I said in another paragraph. "sum of coordinates" is using >> a different distance definition; it's the way you measure distance in a >> city with square blocks. I don't know if the distance itself has a >> name, but > I think it is called Manhattan distance in reference of the walking > distance from one point to another in this city.
You know, there are other cities than Manhattan. Some of them even have streets and blocks. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
