sine and cosine

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Jesse

I was going to take general opinion(lazy me) but sence I got mixed response I decided to test it myself. this is the program I tested it width:

Local array#[360]

For x = 0 To 359
		array[x] =Cos(x)
Next

sec = MilliSecs()
For x = 0 To 60000
 	n = array[x Mod 360]/array[x Mod 360]*array[x Mod 360]/array[x Mod 360]+array[x Mod 360]/array[x Mod 360]/array[x Mod 360]/array[x Mod 360]
Next
lapse = MilliSecs() - sec 
Print lapse	


sec = MilliSecs()
For x = 0 To 60000
	n = Cos(x Mod 360)/Cos(x Mod 360)*Cos(x Mod 360)/Cos(x Mod 360)+Cos(x Mod 360)/Cos(x Mod 360)/Cos(x Mod 360)/Cos(x Mod 360)
Next
lapse = MilliSecs()-sec
Print lapse

it trully is insignificant compared to the number of cycles it had to perform. on my Athlon xp 2900+
I got 16 millisec VS 50 millisec difference 60000 operations in half of second. I can live width that.
Thanks everybody.