Re: [FWP] algorithm to calculate pi

[Daniel Macks <dmacks@netspace.org>]

Rick Delaney said:
: 
: 
: 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;

Well, if precision *really* doesn't count then there's always
    printf "%.280f\n", 3;

:)

dan, drifting into insanity

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