From pdxgate!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!ogicse!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hplextra!hpfcso!fwb Wed Mar 10 14:15:42 PST 1993 My favorite: #include main() { float f; while(1){ scanf("%f", &f); if( f > 0.0 ) printf("%f %f\n", f, exp(log(f)/3.0)); else printf("%f %f\n", f, -exp(log(-f)/3.0)); } } Do they still teach this in freshman High School? Did anyone see an IBM announcement of a CPU that used fast logs 1 year or so ago? Frank _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ | Frank Bennett, MTS _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | Hewlett Packard _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ | Fort Collins, CO _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ | (303) 229-2679 _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ | fwb@fc.hp.com