> Re: http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d111.htm
> We read: "*.y is a two-element list of the length and angle (in radians) ..."
>
> But how can a hypotenuse have an angle in radians?
I recommend reading the phrase "the length and angle (in radians) of the
hypotenuse of a triangle" as though it were phrased this way:
"the hypotenuse length and origin angle (in radians) of a triangle"
--
Tracy B. Harms
It is the central thesis of this book that the descriptive
and analytic power of an adequate programming language amply
repays the considerable effort required for its mastery.
Kenneth E. Iverson
A Programming Language, 1962
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