Re: [FWP] algorithm to calculate pi

[Rick Delaney <rick.delaney@home.com>]

Michael Assels wrote:
> 
> I can't promise 280 digits, but here's something shorter:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl -l
> for(0..9999){$i=$_*8;$p+=(16**-$_)*(4/($i+1)-2/($i+4)-1/($i+5)-1/($i+6))}print$p

Well, if precision doesn't count then there's always

    print 4*atan2 1,1;

-- 
Rick Delaney
rick.delaney@home.com

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