Re: mainly syntax

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> Is there some reason to write your own lookup routines
> instead of using the built-in cos(), sin(), tan() ?

Yes. Speed. Most trig functions calculate the values on the fly, and that's
not what you want in a high-speed programming environment.

> BTW: real world programming is the Cobol program that writes
> your paycheck. The rest is academic... (in more ways than one)

Well, mine is paid by an ACE report interface to Informix Online, but ACE
sure looks like Cobol. smile

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