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[Phys-L] Re: Calculators a Distraction?



No argument, and in a sense is my point which isn't orthogonal to the
idea that there is a qualitative difference.


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| yes they are both procedures. But I think the procedure of
| using a look up table and doing a calculation is
| qualitatively different. I suspect that is to what Herb G.
| referred. Besides one is unconscious
| (automatic) and the other quite ....
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| bc
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| p.s. My friend, B. Mumford, for some of his PICs, uses a look
| up table instead of the algorithm to determine some value, as
| it is either quicker &/ or uses less memory.
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