From: Ian Chapman <ichapman AT nt DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Need for Math library
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 08:29:13 -0400
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Hi Goh,
	by math lib I suppose you mean:-
#include	<math.h>

	and my answer is when you need functions that are defined in that
header.  sin(), log(), and all that good stuff.

	I guess that you do not need math.h for "+, -, *, /" and the basic
stuff defined in c.

		Regards Ian.

Goh Yong Kwang wrote:
> 
> I've been using DJGPP for about a year or so and I've not figured out
> when the Math library is needed. It seems that DJGPP has no problem doing
> floating point calculation without Math library but sometimes the Math
> library is needed for some reasons unknown to me. Can anyone enlighten me
> on when the Math library is required?
> 
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> Goh Yong Kwang
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