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  32. <h4 class="subsection">D.5.4 Additional <code>gsldif</code> notes</h4>
  33. <p>The function <var>f</var> may be any expressible virtual machine code
  34. function that takes a real argument to a real result, including one
  35. that uses other library functions. However, if <var>f</var> passes
  36. functions to other library functions as arguments, there is a constant
  37. overhead in stack space for each level, and a remote possibility of a
  38. <a name="index-segmentation-fault-721"></a>segmentation fault if they are very deeply nested.
  39. <p>Numerical instability is an issue for higher derivatives (i.e.,
  40. differentiating a function that is obtained by differentiating another
  41. function). Some experimentation with larger tolerances may be needed.
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