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We're talking assignment-y stuff, so read it right-to-left…
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"Assign to y the value of assign to x the value of x divided by 2"
..... that didn't help.
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Assign to
xit's value divided by 2, and assign the result of that (which is the new value ofx) toyas its initial value. (The order of evaluation is a separate matter, but that doesn't apply here since there's no assign-use dependencies in the statement or function calls.)I could have written:
but that would have taken two lines, and would have required a C99-ism too, and I still mostly try to avoid those. ;)
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.... frack. i got my left and rights mixed up again.
there's a reason i always write road directions in terms of "drivers turns" and "passenger turns"
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“Turn right now!” … “No, I meant the opposite right!”
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exactly.
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HARD TO STARBOARD.
Body is invalid? Wat?
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At least it's descriptive?
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It could be more so, just a smidgen.
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My point is, It used to say post not descriptive enough if your post is all caps. But yes, it's a slight improvement I guess?
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Sure. "Something is wrong with your post" > "Something is wrong".
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Hey, @Boner, how's it hangin'?
:giggity: :rimshot:
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What, not HARD TO PORT?
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He's a little different...
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I was going to go with HARD TO PORT but I was on mobile and it was too much effort.
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What's all this about docking?
:giggity:
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Danger Will Robinson.... what happen for sqrt(0) ?
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I did say “about”… :smiley:
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For square-root you can use Newton Raphson method as you can find the differential.
Otherwise you could get 2 values, an overestimate and an underestimate and use one of the merging techniques (binary search / secant method / Brent interpolation)
I recently worked somewhere where I replaced binary search interpolation for Brent and it sped up enormously.
If they ask you, describe these different interpolation methods. Brent is a mix of various ones.