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Originally Posted by DrJim
I can replicate the problem but can't explain it. Looks like a real bug with the blimp object.
In the attached, note that the blimp to .... and the .... to blimp distances do differ by a factor of approximately two. The chicken-dragon distance, however, is the same no matter which direction the test is made.
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I dropped an "orient to" in your test program prior to the debugs ... it worked after that. Interesting bug, isn't it?
What's more interesting is how my students reacted to the bug. Some picked up on my "Oh well, go figure!". Many got rattled and perturbed.
Since CTEC 120 is a Beginning Programming course, and a pre-req to everything, I feel teaching them attitude is as important as aptitude.
I ought to find another "blimp" and stick it in the next in-class project.
They'll live!