Timeline for Is there any particular reason to only include 3 out of the 6 trigonometry functions?
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| Aug 17, 2023 at 23:43 | comment | added | Joshua | @Pseudonym: The x87 advise to not use is because they're bugged and can't be unbugged due to massive compatibility breakage. Too bad really. (They do the wrong thing where the trig functions wrap around.) | |
| Jun 30, 2023 at 1:15 | history | edited | kaya3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2023 at 1:13 | comment | added | Pseudonym | Modern processors generally don't have instructions to calculate any trig functions, and those that do (e.g. x87) advise you very strongly not to use them. | |
| Jun 29, 2023 at 21:53 | comment | added | Adám | The original APL implementation only had the three basic ones from the outset, even though the target processors didn't have any trig instructions at all. | |
| Jun 29, 2023 at 21:00 | history | answered | kaya3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |