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To: Sandy Harris <pashley@storm.ca>
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Subject: Re: Advice saught on math functions
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From: Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca>
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Sandy Harris <pashley@storm.ca> writes:

> Can you do something useful with integer versions of those functions?
> Forth people have done astronomical calculations with only scaled
> 16-bit arithmetic. If it's accurate enough to aim telescopes, why
> not for your job?

Good question.  It might work just fine.  I'll take a closer look at
your suggestions and try to figure it out.  The synth is not very
high quality so fixed point or integer may be sufficient.

  Kirk

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