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Article:		10 Reasons We Need Java 3.0
Subject:		Leave log() as log()
Date:		2002-08-06 17:11:10
From:		dgrant3

Every mathematician knows that log means ln if the base isn't specified. So it's a needless change. The methods should be: Math.log() Math.log10() Math.log2()

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log() -> ln() sounds reasonable to many probrammers
2002-08-11 16:39:59 bezdar [View]

However for many software developers log() sounds more like log_10 and ln sounds more like log_e !
BTW it has long been printed on the pocket calculators that way!