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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 17:16:55 +0100
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From: roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>
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On 13 May 2010 17:06, erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:
> On Thu May 13 12:05:13 EDT 2010, rogpeppe@gmail.com wrote:
>> sorry, misunderstanding, i meant that (64-bit) floating point is
>> ok for integer ops if you stick to 32 bit and don't do divisions.
>>
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> ah! =C2=A0ok. =C2=A0i was wondering about that.
>
> ideally one would have a mp library as go uses
> for constants.

yeah. good idea. i might produce a version that uses that.
you'd lose precision every time you called an external
function (e.g. sin) but that's probably just fine.