sin(x) for large x

From: glen herrmannsfeldt (gah_at_ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 21:28:05 GMT

There is a discussion in comp.lang.c titled
Sine code for ANSI C

regarding the evaluation of the sin() function for large
arguments. It might be more applicable in this
group, so I thought I would ask here.

What result do people expect from the sin() function for
very large arguments, for example sin(1e100)?

Hopefully the discussion won't get too nasty, but it
does seem to be a contentious issue over there.

-- glen