Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > Scott Robert Ladd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | I've never quite understood the necessity for performing trig operations > | on excessively large values, but perhaps my problem domain hasn't > | included such applications. > > The world is flat; I never quite understood the necessity of spherical > trigonometry.
For many practical problems, the world can be considered flat. And I do plenty of spherical geometry (GPS navigation) without requiring the sin of 2**90. ;) ..Scott
