> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 15:34:04 +0200 > From: Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@bec.de> > > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 02:16:20PM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote: > > It may be somewhat interesting to mention why expm1(x) = exp(x) - 1 and > > log1p(x) = log(1 + x) are provided and what their historical purpose is. > > However, as mlarkin@ put it: are any of our users of exp(3) going to > > seriously be asking themselves "hmm, is OpenBSD's exp compatible with > > BASIC on the HP-71B?" > > The wording change also changes the semantics quite a bit. The old > wording explained where the name came from and what the function does. > The new wording implies somewhat that the functions are obsolete, which > is far from true.
Right. The function is as releveant as ever. And not only for "financial" calculations. The new text isn't an improvment.
