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- From: randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph)
- Subject: Re: Planetary Ephemeris Routines?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.190232.1729@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- References: <1jhp9hINNolr@savoy.cc.williams.edu> <3190@tymix.Tymnet.COM>
- Date: 21 JAN 93 13:56:58
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- In article <3190@tymix.Tymnet.COM>, kopfj@bert.Tymnet.COM (John Kopf, X6305) writes...
- >I suspect that a FAQ describing common algorithms in ALGEBRA (rather than in a
- >particular computer language) would be welcome by many...I really hate the common
- >practice of displaying programs in BASIC, as it is most difficult to transcribe to
- >some other language.
- >
- >A discussion of "precision" would also be useful for those of us who are not
- >numerical analysts.
- >
- >JK
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- This would quickly expand to occupy megabytes, which I imagine is why no one
- ever posts it here. There's really no way to give it proper treatment without a
- whole book's worth of formulae... hence the book references. "Astronomical
- Algorithms" by Meeus is excellent.
-
- BTW, bravo on the BASIC flame! Anyone using BASIC for serious number crunching
- is probably crippling themself... I'd LOVE to see formulae in algebra in the
- mags.
- -Tom R. randolph@est.enet.dec.com
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