Derek O'Connor added the comment:
@ Tim Peters
" ... are much keener about speed than avoiding noise results for inputs in
ranges they *never intend to use* ".
It is the *unintended use* that worries me. Sadly, "Speed is King". Perhaps
that aphorism should be &quo
Derek O'Connor added the comment:
Reply to Mark Dickinson
Python 3.1.2 -- 32 bit gives sin(2^60) = -0.7391806966492228
PariGp 2.3.4 gives sin(2^60) = -0.8306492176372546505752817956
So it seems Intel's x87 FSIN is not being used.
Application? I don't have one, bu
New submission from Derek O'Connor :
Dell Precision 690, Intel 2xQuad-Core E5345 @ 2.33GHz
16GB RAM, Windows7 64-bit Professional.
Python 3.1.2 (r312:79149, Mar 21 2010, 00:41:52)
[MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
>>> from math import sin
>>> sin(1e22)
0.412
