Re: How to use floating point in a module?

[Manfred Spraul]

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.

--
   Manfred

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