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[REBOL] Re: Fibonaccio - Was: Report on WinCE Rebol --- Speed Comparison

From: bard:papegaaij:austarnet:au at: 29-Jun-2001 20:57

Hi Joe, You wrote:
>How about the function? ;-) > > fibr: func [n [integer!] /local sr5] [ > sr5: square-root 5.0 > ((0.5 * (1.0 + sr5)) ** n) - > ((0.5 * (1.0 - sr5)) ** n) / sr5 > ] > >(Remember that REBOL ignores operator precedence, so the >division is applied to the difference.)
Your erudition never ceases to amaze me! I didn't know anything about this possibility (I'm a poet, not a mathematician ;-). However, despite its obviously misguided aims and assumptions, my function DID teach me a lot about programming in REBOL. Thanks for the information. Bard -jn- -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Programming languages: compact, powerful, simple ... Pick any two! joel'dot'neely'at'fedex'dot'com