maxarea: n/a, triangle count: 226	maxarea: 10.0, triangle count: 1950
maxarea: 1.0, triangle count: 19,278	maxarea: 0.1, triangle count: 190,026

    function create( source mesh, maxarea )
    {
        for each triangle (t) in the mesh
        {
            subdivide( t, maxarea )
        }
    }

    function subdivide( triangle t, maxarea )
    {
        area = area(t);
        midpoint = midpoint(t);

        if(area > maxarea)
        {
            // triangles a,b,c are each built from two
            // vertices of t and its midpoint;


            subdivide( a, maxarea );
            subdivide( b, maxarea );
            subdivide( c, maxarea );
        }
        else
        {
            // using the midpoint of t and the original
            // parent triangle, calculate the color of t
            // using barycentric coordinates;

            add_to_triangle_list(t);
        }
    }