Re: a more precise distance algorithm

From	Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com>
Subject	Re: a more precise distance algorithm
Date	2015-05-27 14:02 +0100
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A minor point is that if you just need to compare distances you don't need to 
compute the hypotenuse, its square will do so no subtractions etc etc.
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Robin Becker

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