Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: why is there not a ipow version of pow? Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:00:22 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 7 Message-ID: <86lda740ix.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <115eks4$3pn1s$1@dont-email.me> <115f01a$3ugcg$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org> <115f20j$3un9e$1@dont-email.me> <115f64m$ml3$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org> <115f7h5$1659$2@dont-email.me> <115f7v8$1b5d$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org> <115facm$1659$3@dont-email.me> <115favq$2ckl$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org> <115fe3u$1659$5@dont-email.me> <115feje$3nf1$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org> <115ffag$1659$9@dont-email.me> <115g94d$2pb62$1@paganini.bofh.team> <115h9mb$kpdk$1@dont-email.me> <115hjka$o7k2$1@kst.eternal-september.org> <20260812224333.000065c4@yahoo.com> <115im0c$136js$1@kst.eternal-september.org> <20260813002409.00003f1d@yahoo.com> <115ippl$15jbt$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:00:23 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3856236"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18JTfRul7lmbY/b8cRkCJOl2Xr5klx2Fuk="; posting-host="f88cfb7384c39afe54609bf3101f3803" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:a3jU/W++dePEyXjf6cMHfbZMaCo= sha1:BrdsvyUvfDcPsorrZWNQyuNtNi0= sha256:1LRI3fMM60SbtvNdRiZuQ0Hsjntjj/7g5z1U6Y+K19c= sha1:EgGjZ96Ae24Cc/PwYJKqdHQyaLk= sha256:QrkoNuOQ3DUAwaY5U60aQLILvG44qm5gQ5DR39A8M2M= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:401219 Lynn McGuire writes: > I have found over the years that 200 points seems to be best when > performing a numerical integration of a curve. For me, 200 points is > the point where diminishing returns has set in. Of course, YMMV. Surely that depends on which integration method is being used.