Fast Clipping
This algorithm has similarities with Cohen-Sutherland. The start and end positions are classified by which portion of the 9 area grid they occupy. A large switch statement jumps to a specialized handler for that case. In contrast, Cohen-Sutherland may have to iterate several times to handle the same case.
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