procedurally generate a sphere mesh

Question

i am looking for an algorithm ( in pseudo code) that generates the 3d coordinates of a sphere mesh like this:

Answer 1

just a guess, you could probably use the formula for a sphere centered at (0,0,0)

x²+y²+z²=1

solve this for x, then loop throuh a set of values for y and z and plot them with your calculated x.