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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 23:37:28 -0500
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From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: sin, cos ??
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At 06:05 PM 2/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Too bad this example won't compile if the user is using C.  

C?

Oh, yes, the obsolete predecessor to C++ ;-)

>Replacing
>those templates with a simple "double" would have been just as useful,
>yet would have worked for both C and C++.

Long double would be better.

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