From: "Doug Semler" <doug@seaspace.com>
To: <egcs@egcs.cygnus.com>, "Paul Derbyshire" <pderbysh@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Bug in libm or libstdc++.
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:31:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <007701be64ca$0f5babf0$237196c0@seaspace.com> (raw)
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh@usa.net>
To: <egcs@egcs.cygnus.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Bug in libm or libstdc++.
>At 04:30 PM 3/1/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>When you want to use a Polynom approximation, you should rather use a
>>Tschebyscheff polynom.
>
>Perhaps.
>
>>Look it up in a mathematical enceclopedia.
>
>Impossible, since I don't have the URL for any, and a Web search turned up
>dry. (Again.)
>Of course, printed, expensive ones are not a viable alternative, since I
>have insufficient funds, no access to any vendor of such a product, and
>moreover no information about how I would locate such a vendor given that I
>did have the access and the three-figure amount of spare cash. Also, egcs
>is a free software product run on an open development model, and so it is
>not possible for them to require/expect a contributor to obtain expensive
>items in order to contribute, without thereby violating their own charter.
Try Chebyshev instead of that funky spelling above :)
Regarding books ... as far as I know, libraries are still around :)
---
Doug Semler | doug@seaspace.com
SeaSpace Corporation | Garbage In -- Gospel Out
Least Senior Software Developer; | Minister of things to do Next Quarter
Low Man on the Totem Pole | (but will Never Be Done) DNRC O-
A closed mind is a terrible thing | Bus Error (passengers dumped)
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From: "Doug Semler" <doug@seaspace.com>
To: <egcs@egcs.cygnus.com>, "Paul Derbyshire" <pderbysh@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Bug in libm or libstdc++.
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:46:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <007701be64ca$0f5babf0$237196c0@seaspace.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990331234600.UeJ2QB2X1V2fd5oF0zi7Y88-q6vF0gK9sg8TgUrLtxk@z> (raw)
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh@usa.net>
To: <egcs@egcs.cygnus.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Bug in libm or libstdc++.
>At 04:30 PM 3/1/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>When you want to use a Polynom approximation, you should rather use a
>>Tschebyscheff polynom.
>
>Perhaps.
>
>>Look it up in a mathematical enceclopedia.
>
>Impossible, since I don't have the URL for any, and a Web search turned up
>dry. (Again.)
>Of course, printed, expensive ones are not a viable alternative, since I
>have insufficient funds, no access to any vendor of such a product, and
>moreover no information about how I would locate such a vendor given that I
>did have the access and the three-figure amount of spare cash. Also, egcs
>is a free software product run on an open development model, and so it is
>not possible for them to require/expect a contributor to obtain expensive
>items in order to contribute, without thereby violating their own charter.
Try Chebyshev instead of that funky spelling above :)
Regarding books ... as far as I know, libraries are still around :)
---
Doug Semler | doug@seaspace.com
SeaSpace Corporation | Garbage In -- Gospel Out
Least Senior Software Developer; | Minister of things to do Next Quarter
Low Man on the Totem Pole | (but will Never Be Done) DNRC O-
A closed mind is a terrible thing | Bus Error (passengers dumped)
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GCS/M d---(pu) s++:- a-- C++ UILSH+++$ P--- L++ E--- W+
N++ o-- K? w--(++$) O- M-- V- PS+ !PE Y PGP t(+) 5+++ X+
R- tv+(-) b+(++) DI++++ D G e++>++++ h!>--- r% y+>+++++**
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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1999-03-02 8:31 Doug Semler [this message]
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Doug Semler
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1999-03-02 8:32 ` Paul Derbyshire
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1999-02-24 15:34 ` Joe Buck
[not found] ` < 199902242332.PAA09334@atrus.synopsys.com >
1999-02-25 22:25 ` Paul Derbyshire
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1999-02-26 22:21 ` Paul Derbyshire
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1999-02-27 9:40 ` Marc Espie
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1999-02-27 20:45 ` Paul Derbyshire
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1999-03-02 7:58 ` Paul Derbyshire
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1999-03-31 23:46 ` Alexandre Oliva
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Paul Derbyshire
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Alexandre Oliva
1999-02-28 22:53 ` Marc Espie
1999-02-28 22:53 ` Paul Derbyshire
1999-02-28 22:53 ` Joe Buck
1999-02-28 22:53 ` Paul Derbyshire
1999-02-28 22:53 ` Joe Buck
1999-02-24 15:42 ` Bob McWhirter
[not found] ` < Pine.LNX.3.96.990224183714.7438r-100000@exeter.exeter.org >
1999-02-25 22:20 ` Paul Derbyshire
[not found] ` <199902261635.LAA23787@wagner.Princeton.EDU>
1999-02-27 19:08 ` Paul Derbyshire
1999-02-28 22:53 ` Paul Derbyshire
1999-03-01 8:30 ` Joern Rennecke
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1999-03-02 8:04 ` Paul Derbyshire
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1999-03-02 8:38 ` Joern Rennecke
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Joern Rennecke
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Paul Derbyshire
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Joern Rennecke
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1999-02-28 22:53 ` Paul Derbyshire
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1999-02-28 22:53 ` Bob McWhirter
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