>>>>> "MF" == Matt Fowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MF> Perhaps it is just the mathematician in me speaking, but I think that MF> a sqrt op might be superfluous and could be replaced with exp as MF> sqrt(x) == exp(x,0.5). I cannot say anything about numerical MF> stability of precision, though, so feel free to shoot me down. i bet sqrt is in most math libs since a pure sqrt is a simpler and faster algorithm than exp(x,0.5) would use. and some fpu's have sqrt as a builtin so you want to be able to access that. sqrt is called often enough to deserve its own fpu instruction and library entry. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
