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From: gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Learning other languages (Was: Fortran vs. C for numerical work)
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Date: 7 Dec 90 17:42:46 GMT
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In article <8960031@hpfcso.HP.COM> mjs@hpfcso.HP.COM (Marc Sabatella) writes:

> Other than that, why is
>
>	C = SQRT( SIN(X) + LOG(Y) )
>
>perceived to be more "natural" than
>
>	c = sqrt( sin(x) + log(y) );

Try

	C = ABS( SQRT(X) )

vs.

	c = abs( sqrt(x) );

Oops. I guess C++ has what it needs to support intrinsic functions,
but that's not in C. It's not a big problem, but I perceive intrinsics
as being more "natural". After all, I write "+" to add integers or
floating point...