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Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL [message #70829]

Mon, 10 May 2010 19:24

penteado
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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.

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		Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL By: penteado on Mon, 10 May 2010 19:24
		Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL By: Aram Panasenco on Mon, 10 May 2010 18:44
		Re: Why there is no cot function in IDL By: Wout De Nolf on Mon, 10 May 2010 05:49

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