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Re: endless loop problem [message #68962 is a reply to message #68959]

Sun, 06 December 2009 15:52

David Fanning
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pp writes:
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> L does not change because you are calculating the same thing over and
> over again. L only depends on EC[0] and EC[1], and neither changes
> when you go through the loop. So if L does not happen to be
> <1.2840277, the loop will never end.

And it is not likely that it will *ever* be 1.2840277!

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David

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