[J3] C TS 18661

[Steve Lionel]

On 1/30/2019 3:28 PM, Vipul Parekh via J3 wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 11:09 AM Steve Lionel via J3
> <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
>> ..  A case for the other intrinsics mentioned would
>> have to be made using different arguments. ..
>> ..
> Why do the arguments have to be different?
>
> Are the use cases/arguments for inverse hyperbolic trigonometric
> functions of ASINH, ACOSH, etc. versus, say, the BESSEL functions
> introduced in Fortran 2008 available some place?
>
There are probably J3 papers on these functions - it predates my time on 
the committee. The argument for the degree intrinsics was that they were 
already in nearly every compiler and were widely used. Arguments for 
these other intrinsics would need to be along the lines of the BESSEL 
functions, etc.

Please don't think that I am objecting - I have no position on these new 
suggestions at this time. I was just pointing out that they would not be 
"standardizing existing practice".

Steve