One of the snippets of code below was written by me, the other was written by AI evoked by me. Can you tell which is which? Is one obviously better or clearer than the other?
![Another snippet of code, it reads:
// Draws the stroke so far, ending at the cursor (if it's over the view)
public void Draw(Control overlay, Vector2? cursor)
{
var view = _view.View;
var drawn = _placed.Select(view.ToScreen).ToList();
if (cursor is { } at && (drawn.Count == 0 || drawn[^1].DistanceTo(at) >= SamePointPixels))
drawn.Add(at);
if (drawn.Count >= 2) {
var points = StrokeShape.WithEndHandles(drawn.ConvertAll(p => new StrokePoint(p, 0.0f)));
var line = new List<Vector2>();
for (int segment = 1; segment <= points.Count - 3; ++segment) {
for (int i = segment == 1 ? 0 : 1; i <= PreviewSteps; ++i)
line.Add(StrokeShape.Position(points, segment, i / (float)PreviewSteps));
}
var colour = PaintPalette.Colours.GetValueOrDefault(_view.Choice.Colour, EditorView.HandleColour) with { A = 0.6f };
float width = Mathf.Max(1.0f, _view.BrushScale(_view.Choice.Brush) * view.Side);
overlay.DrawPolyline([.. line], colour, width, true);
overlay.DrawPolyline([.. line], EditorView.HandleColour, 1.0f, true);
}
foreach (var point in _placed)
overlay.DrawCircle(view.ToScreen(point), PointRadius, EditorView.HandleColour, true, -1.0f, true);
}](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6tuqli3q23gdq7vxvuf3mo4/bafkreieytguhzhepmrntgtwxjxxibckmpc35mvtfcms3qyaycqobo5piye)
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![Text reads: Notation: The letter W is now a standard notation for this function, following early Maple usage. In [4] we proposed to call this Lambert's W function, because Lambert set the first problem which required W for its solution, and because Euler attributed the series with which he solved the problem to Lambert. In [3], it is also called the `omega' function, because there is a persistent rumor that there are papers which use the greek letter ω for this function. If any readers of this article can provide a reference for this notation, please inform us by e-mail to rcorless@uwo.ca.
Note: the symbol ω is visually similar to the letter W.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6tuqli3q23gdq7vxvuf3mo4/bafkreidtm6kzan2u52yn5x5gofzfbbxzijn6yz4pqfizf6pomb2xbpgx3y)
![We use the letter W for this function, following early Maple usage. We propose to call it the Lambert W function, because it is the logarithm of a special case (β = α = −1) of Lambert’s series (1.2). Fortuitously, the letter W has additional significance because of the pioneering work on many aspects of W by E. M. Wright [69,70,71,72]. In [14], the function is also called the Omega function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6tuqli3q23gdq7vxvuf3mo4/bafkreif4gpwdu364xcv2lckx2picnmcyoffs2eztecxu2h7mzfmesufwva)
