> "Doug" == Doug McNutt writes:
>> Any ideas for a good name [for the angle]?
Doug> In pre-computer times the angle was called the "argument".
And that is still used. C99, as an example, calls the functions
carg(3), cargf(3) and cargl(3), for operations on double complex,
float complex and
> It would be reasonable for perl6 to have .arg to match .angle.
[SIGH] ☹
Obviously, I meant to say:
It would be reasonable for perl6 to have .arg to match¹ .abs.
1] or to complement, perhaps? ☺
-JimC
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