comp.lang.idl-pvwave archive
Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Home » Public Forums » archive » Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL
Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend  		Switch to threaded view of this topic Create a new topic Submit Reply
Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL [message #70829] Mon, 10 May 2010 19:24
penteado is currently offline  penteado
Messages: 866
Registered: February 2018
Senior Member
Administrator
On May 10, 10:44 pm, Aram Panasenco <panasencoa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wox wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 May 2010 04:20:06 -0700 (PDT), Ding
>> <gardener_2...@hotmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>> There is nor cotangent function in IDL, it is very stupid!
>
>> You do realize that cot(x) = 1/tan(x) ? Can you explain why this is
>> not sufficient?
>
> That, and I do not believe there is a cotangent function in any
> programming language.

I agree it seems unnecessary. Which is probably why Perl has it (the
only language I know that does), though I think it is just an alias.

Report message to a moderator

Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL [message #70830 is a reply to message #70829] Mon, 10 May 2010 18:44 Go to previous message
Aram Panasenco is currently offline  Aram Panasenco
Messages: 41
Registered: April 2010
Member
Wox wrote:
> On Mon, 10 May 2010 04:20:06 -0700 (PDT), Ding
> <gardener_2003@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is nor cotangent function in IDL, it is very stupid!
>
> You do realize that cot(x) = 1/tan(x) ? Can you explain why this is
> not sufficient?

That, and I do not believe there is a cotangent function in any
programming language.

Report message to a moderator

Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL [message #70838 is a reply to message #70830] Mon, 10 May 2010 05:49 Go to previous message
Wout De Nolf is currently offline  Wout De Nolf
Messages: 194
Registered: October 2008
Senior Member
On Mon, 10 May 2010 04:20:06 -0700 (PDT), Ding
<gardener_2003@hotmail.com> wrote:

> There is nor cotangent function in IDL, it is very stupid!

You do realize that cot(x) = 1/tan(x) ? Can you explain why this is
not sufficient?

Report message to a moderator

  Switch to threaded view of this topic Create a new topic Submit Reply
Previous Topic: polynomial fitting(second degree)
Next Topic: Possible to get name of current procedure from within procedure?

-=] Back to Top [=-
[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [ RSS ] [ PDF ]

Current Time: Wed Oct 08 15:34:00 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.00498 seconds
.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Powered by: FUDforum 3.0.7.
Copyright ©2001-2013 FUDforum Bulletin Board Software