@Canageek@cybre.space Because text go brrr... I mean left to right top to bottom. Screens evolved from terminals which evolved from teletype.
@jautero
But for an accident of history, everything would be 'correct'. When the CRT was developed, they could have made it scan left to right, bottom to top, making graphics coordinates consistent with mathematical convention, I think.
@Canageek
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@jautero
But for an accident of history, everything would be 'correct'. When the CRT was developed, they could have made it scan left to right, bottom to top, making graphics coordinates consistent with mathematical convention, I think.
@Canageek