RE: Re: [FWP] algorithm to calculate pi

["Perl lover" <perl@antionline.org>]

But if you read the C program.. the precision is the whole point
here. I tried to play with Math::BigFloat.. seems can't
come up with something easy..

>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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