--- Comment #12 from ruben at tapir dot caltech dot edu 2009-05-05 09:36
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(In reply to comment #10)
> These functions will *not* be implemented, period.
>
> And even if they would be implemented, they'd internally just return
> sin(arg*180/pi) & co. The com
--- Comment #9 from ruben at tapir dot caltech dot edu 2009-04-30 07:38
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Someone suggested multiplying or dividing the argument by a factor.
That does not do - the floating point precision achieved would be insufficient.
Someone complains about the names of these functions. I
--- Comment #8 from ruben at tapir dot caltech dot edu 2009-04-30 07:33
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In my considered opinion, the need to support these functions has little to do
with efficiency or with convenience. It has more to do with accuracy and
symmetries; relations such as sind(30)=0.5, cosd(90)=0.0
