Re: LOG(x) BASIC function

1999-03-24 Thread Cas Cremers
>>I was wondering how BASIC calculates LOG(x). Does it use a look-up table >>(would require massive amounts of memory), some sort of algorithm (would >>require massive amounts of CPU time), or some mixed method? I checked "the MSX red book". Usually, this explains all these matters. So we check

RE: LOG(x) BASIC function

1999-03-19 Thread Hans Otten
osoft change... Hans -Original Message- From: Maarten ter Huurne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: vrijdag, maart 19, 1999 01:00 uur To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LOG(x) BASIC function At 05:22 PM 3/18/99 +0100, you wrote: >I was wondering how BASIC calculates LOG(x). Does it us

Re: LOG(x) BASIC function

1999-03-19 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
At 05:22 PM 3/18/99 +0100, you wrote: >I was wondering how BASIC calculates LOG(x). Does it use a look-up table >(would require massive amounts of memory), some sort of algorithm (would >require massive amounts of CPU time), or some mixed method? There must be using a way that requires only a li

Re: LOG(x) BASIC function

1999-03-18 Thread shevek
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Patriek Lesparre wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering how BASIC calculates LOG(x). Does it use a look-up table > (would require massive amounts of memory), some sort of algorithm (would > require massive amounts of CPU time), or some mixed method? > > I'm trying to speed up