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From: mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix)
Subject: Re: Integer cosine function
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Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> writes Re: Integer cosine function

> Here's an integer cosine I just wrote that has pretty good precision. 
> Testbench is included. I'm posting it here in case someone wants to add 
> more transcendental functions or if I want to find it again in 20 years.
[..]

If the latter, please rewrite for 64-bits (or more ;-)
Of course, in another 20 years FP hardware will be standard.

-marcel