[lug] math.h Weirdness
    Bill Thoen 
    bthoen at gisnet.com
       
    Mon Mar 12 20:14:52 MDT 2007
    
    
  
Am I mistaken in thinking that in C the sqrt() function is prototyped in
math.h? I just tried to build a simple C program that called sqrt() and the
linker balked. I then tried:
$ grep sqrt /usr/include/math.h
define M_2_SQRTPI     1.12837916709551257390  /* 2/sqrt(pi) */
define M_SQRT2        1.41421356237309504880  /* sqrt(2) */
define M_SQRT1_2      0.70710678118654752440  /* 1/sqrt(2) */
define M_2_SQRTPIl    1.1283791670955125738961589031215452L  /* 2/sqrt(pi) */
define M_SQRT2l       1.4142135623730950488016887242096981L  /* sqrt(2) */
define M_SQRT1_2l     0.7071067811865475244008443621048490L  /* 1/sqrt(2) */
It's not there! Shouldn't it be? If not, where is it these days, or has the
square root been retired?
    
    
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