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Bill Smythe

2005-04-11, 5:59 pm

"George John" wrote:
quote:

> .... I guess it would have [ been easier to program ] , if a linear

approximation had been in use, but
quote:

> it wasn't. ....


Actually, it was, if you go back far enough. In 1972 I worked in the USCF
office in Newburgh, NY helping to erase a several-month ratings backlog. We
used four-function desk calculators and, of course, the linear
approximation.
quote:

> .... BTW, I prefer the new method of computing K because it
> doesn't have to deal with discontinuities, and therefore avoids
> interpolations. ....


Amen.

Bill Smythe



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