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From: | Charles Krug <charles AT mail DOT pentek DOT com> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Calculating Pi |
Date: | Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:07:10 -0500 |
Organization: | Pentek Corporation |
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Message-ID: | <365C636E.D4DDD692@mail.pentek.com> |
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
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Arthur wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I read on someone's website that they calculated Pi, to 96 decimal > > places using djgpp. I tried to do this but only got as far as Double's > > precision limit. Please tell me how to break this limit. Bob Stout's Snippets page: www.snippets.org Has a section entitled, "Various ways of computing PI to ridiculous lengths," which demonstrate the kinds of techniques you need for that sort of thing. -- Charles Krug, Jr. Application Engineer Pentek Corp 1 Park Way Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
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