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[TIB] Re: Integral Variables...
Hmm... looks like a typo... anyway... will exact(make it an int before calc?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tavis Segura" <tavis@hotmail.com>
To: <ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: [TIB] Re: Integral Variables...
>
>
> >
> >To [Tavis]: I'm only using the basic arithmatic operators,
> >so I don't really have a worry about wandering outside J.
>
> It is true, but I'm sure anyone reading the archives might
> have other ideas whenever they read these, so that point
> needed to be addressed anyway.
>
> Going slightly off topic, I want to remind people my name is
> spelled Tavis, and is pronounced with a long "a", as in "tape".
> Spelling may not seem important when talking directly, but it
> can be a big deal if anyone tries to contact me outside of
> this list.
>
> >Ah, well. I'll let everyone know the speed increase (even if it is only
2%
> >or something) when I get back. Keep a record of all this when the next
kid
> >wants to use it.
>
> Sure thing! Maybe you should time the instructions for int, exact,
> and exact(int()) while you're at it. It might help people determine
> whether their algorithms will perform better with approximate versus
> exact answers.
>
> On a side note about performance, I recently modified some
> functions in Aim to use less precision in order to gain speed,
> such as simplifying expressions containing pi to numeric values
> when very few significant digits are needed. Such was done in
> the terrain generator, where only whole number accuracy affected
> the visible height of the terrain.
>
> >On that note, use subMat()! What a wonderful function when
> >dealing with data in matrices.
> >
>
> I just might try that sometime soon... I need to reorganize my
> data before I can take advantage of that function, though.
> Tavis
>
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