#: 4275 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Jun-90  22:26:01
Sb: #slow transcendentals
Fm: SCOTT HOWELL 70270,641
To: all

I am wondering why the Microware 'c' compiler is so 'slow' in calculating
transcendental functions (sin..log, etc).

Not meaning to compare machines, my 286 (ie my DOS system, I am ashamed to say)
does these transcendental functions lighting fast.

I am wondering if K&r specifically stated the

that transcendentals must be done by Taylor's  Series approx. instead of linear
'look-up' table approxs. which would be much faster.

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