On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:11:00 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > >Not honestly. If the code is intended to deal with a computation of >gamma functions, then I would regard the *first* form as needlessly >obscure. I might buy > >declare (pi value(3.14159_26535_89793_23846), > sqrt_pi value(sqrt(pi)) binary float(52) > gamma_1half value(sqrt_pi) binary float(52) ; > >although even then I would consider it clearer to simply write > >declare gamma_1half value(1.77245_38509_05516_02729) > binary float(53) > /* gamma(1/2) = pi^.5 */ ; > Maintainability? Which requires the lesser code change if the program is upgraded to even greater precision and values of both pi and gamma_1half are needed?
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