[pstricks] postscript language to launch a rocket ?

[mathias legrand]

> use the exponential format of numbers:
>
> \documentclass{book}
> \usepackage{pstricks-add}
>
> \begin{document}
> \psset{xunit=0.08,yunit=1.3}
> \begin{pspicture}(0,-1.3)(84.3,1.3)
> \psframe[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=gray!10,linestyle=none](0,-1.3)(84.3,1.3)
> \psline[linecolor=gray!50](0,0)(84.3,0)
> \psline[linecolor=gray!50](0,-1.29)(0,1.29)
> \psplot[linewidth=1.25pt,algebraic,linecolor=red,plotpoints=1000,
>    linearc=.001]{0}{84.3}{Euler^(-(1/2)*x)/6.402373705728e15*(
>    x^18
>    +6.402373705728000e15
>    -324*x^17
>    +4.6818e4*x^16
>    -3.995136e6*x^15
>    +2.24726400e8*x^14
>    -8.809274880e9*x^13
>    +2.48127909120e11*x^12
>    -5.104345559040e12*x^11
>    +7.7203226580480e13*x^10
>    -8.57813628672000e14*x^9
>    +6.948290392243200e15*x^8
>    -4.0426416827596800e16*x^7
>    +1.65074535379353600e17*x^6
>    -4.57129482588979200e17*x^5
>    +8.16302647480320000e17*x^4
>    -8.70722823979008000e17*x^3
>    +4.89781588488192000e17*x^2
>    -1.15242726703104000e17*x)}
> \end{pspicture}
> \end{document}
>    

Thanks for the idea but I get the exact same results. My files are 
(supposed to be) up-to-date.
Anyway, not a big deal but I find interesting to more or less see the 
limits of postscript or something...