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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Question about ordinary fixed point types.
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Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> It would be very normal in that sort of environment to work in binary
> fractions of 180 degrees.

Unless of course your hardware works in increments of 0.0005 pi?