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- From: nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c.moderated
- Subject: Re: Are there std. Floating Pt. Exts.?
- Date: 4 Feb 1996 18:57:12 -0600
- Organization: University of Cambridge, England
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- In article <4f3cu2$s1h@solutions.solon.com>,
- Tim DeBenedictis <timmyd@netcom.com> wrote:
- >There are a number of useful math functions which are not included in the
- >standard ANSI C math library, but seem to have a fairly standard usage
- >across many different implementations of the C language. Some examples:
- >
- >inf(), nan(): generate representations of infinity and not-a-number values
- >isinf(), isnan(): tests for infinity and not-a-number values
- >asinh(), atanh(): inverse hyperbolic sine and tangent
-
- The Numerical C Extensions Group defined a set of these, but I moved
- into other areas and lost track of their progress.
-
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- Nick Maclaren,
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