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Reverse-engineering the Intel 8087's tangent algorithm: more than CORDIC

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kens · 1790444698 · focus · HN ↗
Author here for your 8087 questions...
1. WalterBright · 1790468057 · focus · HN ↗
  Thank you! Amazing work! I've always had a soft spot for the 8087.
  Maybe implement the algorithm in C? Thank would be fun!
2. jacquesm · 1790475020 · focus · HN ↗
  Weitek next?
  1. kens · 1790478473 · focus · HN ↗
    The 8087 is probably enough floating point for a while :-)
    jacquesm · 1790495572 · focus · HN ↗
    That's an interesting chip though, but probably also much more challenging.
3. [deleted] · 1790522076 · focus · HN ↗
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