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    SubjectRe: How to use floating point in a module?
    Horst von Brand wrote:

    >Trascendental functions are _not_ computed by series in practice, rational
    >approximations (polinomial / polinomial) are used instead. Or interpolate
    >in a smallish table.
    >
    Is that really faster on modern cpus? The multiplier is fully pipelined
    and a division takes 25-40 cycles.

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    Manfred

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