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From: karl@ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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Subject: Re: PI
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Date: 18 Dec 90 18:40:37 GMT
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In article <10071@darkstar.ucsc.edu> noesis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60276000) writes:
>OK, how about someone providing a method of calcing pi? i'm using
>  p=2; s=0; do s=sqrt(s+2); p=2*p/s; while (s < 2)

I use  p=atan(1)*4,  which gives me the answer in one iteration.  :-) :-)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.isc.com or uunet!ima!karl), The Walking Lint