alt Hacker NewsI think this is the novel bit:
> This includes constants such as e, pi, and i; arithmetic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponentiation as well as the usual transcendental and algebraic functions.
I think this is the novel bit:
> This includes constants such as e, pi, and i; arithmetic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponentiation as well as the usual transcendental and algebraic functions.
And those come from the infinite series needed to compute exp and ln. They’re just as much work either way. The exp and ln way are vastly costlier for every op, including simply adding 1 and 2.