a more precise distance algorithm

[ravas]

On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 1:27:24 PM UTC-7, Christian Gollwitzer wrote:
> Wrong. Just use the built-in function Math.hypot() - it should handle 
> these cases and also overflow, infinity etc. in the best possible way.
> 
> Apfelkiste:~ chris$ python
> Python 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
> [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> import math
>  >>> math.hypot(3,4)
> 5.0
> 
> 	Christian

Thank you! :D I forgot about that one.
I wonder how the sympy Point.distance method compares...