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From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan)
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Subject: Re: Program for Calculating PI
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Date: 5 Apr 91 04:28:48 GMT
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[Computing Pi to arbitrary precision: what kind of a class could assign
such homework anyway?]

My 1962 numerical analysis class for one.  It is an excellent introduction
to questions of roundoff error, managing large datasets, literature searches,
and, of course, arbitrary precision arithmetic.

Kent, the man from xanth.
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>