Trig functions should be fine, becouse they return a float, but I
implemented some of the int based functions in the newton, and one of these
I think I did wrong.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_home.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Good Scientific Caculator for MP2100
>
> at the temporal coordinates: 9/7/01 3:34 AM, the entity known as Thomas
> Cherry at jceaser_at_mac.com conveyed the following:
>
> > I found it once when using the calculator, when you call one of the math
> > functions from the drop down selector on the right side, the answer is
off
> > by .00000000001 or something like that
>
> Just sounds like normal "fuzz"... As long as you've programmed
defensively
> (i.e., you use alternate methods when small arguments are present) so that
> cosines, etc. of tiny values don't cause loss of precision problems, it
> should be just fine.
>
> - Eric.
>
>
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