In HS trig class I asked the teacher what was the actual logic behind the tan function, and she said "well it's just programmed into your calculator" and I said I realized that but how did it work, she told me to go ask the AP calc teacher.
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I use lerp() and d3.js so I don't have to use any of this shit.
Try making something move in a circle