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From: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 19:25:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 19:25:06 1985
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In article <26700015@inmet.UUCP> bhyde@inmet.UUCP writes:
>
>I suspect that you've discovered that SANE is very SLOW, but it
>sure is ACCURATE.


NO!, actually SANE seems to be reasonably fast (Consulair C is what I used)
but your program can be slowed down dramatically if you insist on
casting everything to it's proper size within calculations.  This may be
good programming practice ( I don't know a compiler that will not do
this automatically), but Consulair C actually does all of it's calculation
in extended 80 bit precision.  If you then cast the ANSWER to the type you 
desire you'll be in fat city sooner.-- 
 Jim Budler
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