Message #317

From: Roice Nelson <roice@gravitation3d.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Hi everyone!
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:05:49 -0500

Hi Ilia,

I enjoyed your post :) I wanted to answer the question you posed about the
5D cube.

> I have seen that 5D Rubik’s hypercube have been built;
> it must be great, I really look forward to trying it!
> Unfortunately, it is only for Windows… will there ever be a Mac
version?

We are not planning to do a Mac or Unix version. However, much of the
program was written in portable C++, and we tried to restrict the Microsoft
stuff to the UI. So if someone ends up being interested in creating UI for
these other platforms, porting it should hopefully not be too much trouble.

Also, I wanted to say I believe there is no need to apologize for statements
like the one you made about faces. I think a good way to hone in on
understanding things, finding nice descriptions, etc. is to make clear,
sometimes bold statements and then see how they sit with you and the group
:) Anyway, I personally like the term "cell" when dealing with 4d
polytopes. David’s terminology is nice because it can apply to other
dimensions as well.

Take Care,

Roice