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From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon)
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Subject: Re: astrological software
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Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 19:14:05 EDT
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> Oh, back off Sunny! What did you expect would happen when you 
> posted that? (You listening Marty...?) No one is denying that
> astronomy owes much to its roots in atronomy. No one is denying
> that astrologers make the same orbit and motion calculations
> that astronomers do, however...
> 
> Marty, your claim about "re-inventing the wheel" is unfounded.
> I defy you to show me an astrology program that makes any
> calculations that you can't get in a similar astronomy package.
> -- 
>                            --- Rob DeMillo 

Yes, I am listening, and I stand by my previous postings on the subject for 1
very important reason: I haven't seen any astronomy packages (granted, I
haven't spent every waking hour on the search), and I have seen (and adapted)
an astrology package that gives me precise (if not incredibly accurate)
observational information.  In fact, I'd have posted my hackery if the code
wasn't already copyrighted and trade secreted, etc.  Please disprove my sample
(of 1) by posting a list of packages and their suppliers, even those that cost
bucks.  The 2 books you cited in another message are fine for starters (but,
just as the algorithms in the astrology program are applicable to astronomy,
those presented in the books you cited are also undoubtedly applicable to
astrology).
-- 
	Marty Shannon
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