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Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc

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Date 2022-07-22 01:42 -0700
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Subject Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc
From Phil Wakely <pwakely99@googlemail.com>

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On Friday, 22 July 2022 at 08:58:03 UTC+1, jdaw1 wrote:
> Is it the best name? Is an error fo 0.37 ppm ‘precise’, or merely ‘accurate’? Should it be ArcAccurate?
Are you achieving a more accurate result by calculating with greater precision, or by using a better method? Increased precision usually increases accuracy (exception cases aside), but accuracy can often be improved without increasing precision using better approaches or calculation sequence adjustment (typically to maintain improved precision through the calculation especially with limited precision variables). Both "Accurate" and "Precise" would nominally require qualification or quantification (how precise or accurate); ArcImproved could also work.

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ArcPrecise, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-19 12:47 -0700
  Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-20 11:25 -0700
    Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com> - 2022-07-21 18:29 +1000
    Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc John Reiser <vendor@BitWagon.com> - 2022-07-21 07:17 -0700
      Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-21 12:02 -0700
      Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2022-07-21 14:31 -0700
        Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-21 15:00 -0700
          Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-21 15:24 -0700
            Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-22 00:58 -0700
              Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc Phil Wakely <pwakely99@googlemail.com> - 2022-07-22 01:42 -0700
                Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc Phil Wakely <pwakely99@googlemail.com> - 2022-07-22 01:52 -0700
                Re: ArcAccurate, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-22 14:03 -0700
                Re: ArcAccurate, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2022-07-24 09:02 -0700
  Re: ArcPrecise, an accurate arc jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2024-01-22 11:07 -0800

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