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Comment by hakuseki

> However, even using extra hardware wasn't enough in this case. So they pre-calculated lookup tables for sine, cosine, tangent etc. for every angle at the necessary precision.

Is this really the order of events? I imagine the pre-calculated route is what you'd try first, and only go for extra hardware if that failed somehow.

parent hakuseki 2 years ago

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