From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.200.50.43 with SMTP id x40mr10993348qta.17.1493616162837; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 22:22:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.13.170 with SMTP id 39mr455861ots.18.1493616162733; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 22:22:42 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!t52no821154qtb.0!news-out.google.com!v18ni1766ita.0!nntp.google.com!c26no1284243itd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 22:22:42 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=85.167.236.190; posting-account=bPTmZAoAAAC_6HP9XLKB9aAAxBa6BuOR NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.167.236.190 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3e7f9789-a0af-4342-a42e-46a6258d7801@googlegroups.com> Subject: Many overlook the possibility sin(x,360.0) ? From: reinert Injection-Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 05:22:42 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:46648 Date: 2017-04-30T22:22:42-07:00 List-Id: Hi, Not a big philosophical question, but: I have often seen in (others) Ada code that many prefer to use for example sin(x) where they first calculate x := rad_per_degree*degrees. Why they do not use sin(degrees,360.0) if they need to use degree. Are there a good reason? Using sin(x, 3600.0) seems to keep the code simpler. Sometimes I even use sin(x,period). reinert