On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:22:22PM -0500, Jon Berndt wrote:
> > So, is dt recording elapse time or set to the current step time? If a
> sharp
> > programmer like Andy is getting confused about what dt really is, then
> > perhaps the variable should be called "ms_elapsed" or "t_stepsize",
> etc.?
> 
> This is ridiculous. "dt" is short for delta T. In a 100 Hz simulation, the
> corresponding dt is 0.04. For 120 Hz it's 0.00833. For people that do
> simulation for a living this is one of the *most* recognized parameters
> around.

Jon almost assuredly meant dt = .01 for 100 Hz or dt = .04 for 25 Hz or 
he was testing us. :)

-- 
James (Jay) Treacy
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