How do you build an antenna using C++

Beats me, but some guy sure needs to know the magic of building antennas using C++. From comp.object:

HI everyone,
I was trying to build an antenna in C++. I don't know where to start. can anyone help me?? if there is some code that would be even better. I don't care about the type of antenna as long as it communicates.
THanks
Shastri

That's not too hard. Well, there is a slight problem about antennas being hardware and C++ being a programming language, but we shall not be bogged down by such technicalities. No sir! Here's one suggestion on how to do it (from the same thread):

If you created a mathematical model of the geometry and electromagnetic properties of the antenna; and a mathematical model of the electromagnetic environment that the antenna was in, then you could subdivide space into a set of tiny three dimensional cubes and apply Maxwell's laws in each cube. (This is called Finite Element Analysis, or "Meshing"). In each cube (or finite element) you could calculate how the electromagnetic environment in that cube induced currents in the antenna in that cube.

Ah well, it's that simple. Or you can just use HTML instead.[via The Daily WTF]

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