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by kbenson 1065 days ago
> so if you need a tall wall, you need more horizontal space for the wave and a wavey wall becomes less ideal.

Not necessarily. You might need a straight wall to be thicker or have more buttressing in that case as well. The requirements for each (waviness, thickness, buttressing) likely change to different degrees based on height, so wavy walls could become less ideal, or they could become more ideal.