| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, Emre Hasegeli <emre(at)hasegeli(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal: Trigonometric functions in degrees |
| Date: | 2015-10-26 17:29:53 |
| Message-ID: | CANP8+jJ3OYO2tV=tp-fj6NhEVg-DeRyteDJb_7j6rsvArM1aOg@mail.gmail.com |
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On 26 October 2015 at 10:18, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On 25 October 2015 at 09:16, Emre Hasegeli <emre(at)hasegeli(dot)com> wrote:
> >> I would prefer gradian over degree.
>
> > I think gradians are generally less commonly used than degrees and
> > radians, so I'm less inclined to include them.
>
> I agree. gradians are not often used at all, AFAICT.
I've never seen anyone use a gradian, even though my calculator had them
when I was 16.
I even misread the request, thinking he meant "radians". Definitely -1 to
gradians in PostgreSQL.
Also -1 to furlongs, fortnights, pecks and hundredweight, amongst others.
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