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From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
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Subject: Re: Many overlook the possibility sin(x,360.0) ?
Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 12:46:02 -0500
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On 5/1/2017 12:22 AM, reinert wrote:
> 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
>

btw,  These are implemented in other languages as follows:

In Mathematica one can type

Sin[ 360 Degree]

in Matlab one uses sind(360) instead of sin() for degrees.

--Nasser