Wanted: fast, low-precision trig functions for C

[Henry Spencer]

In article <1256 at dukeac.UUCP> tcamp at dukeac.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) writes:
>...I wondered if there were any fast, low-precision approaches 
>to the standard trig functions...

Consider table lookup, followed (if necessary) by linear interpolation
between adjacent table values (most functions look fairly linear on a
small scale).
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