Luke Campbell schrieb:
> On Mar 15, 6:55 am, Jack Tingle <wjtin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Yesterday being pi-day (3/14 at approximately 1:59:27), I tried a
little
>> exercise. The most commonly used approximations for this nasty little
>> number are 3.1416, 22/7, and 355/113. Since pi is 3.14159... 3.1416 is
a
>> pretty good approximation, and only requires you to remember five
>> digits. 22/7 only needs 3 digits, while 355/113 needs a prodigious act
>> of memory on SIX whole digits [shocked muttering from audience].
>
> But for all practical purposes
> float pi = acos(-1.0);
In my school time (20+ years ago), the math teacher told us to set pi at
3.15 for tests and homework, because we all used different pocket
calculators with "different post-comma pis".
Bet you start crying now. :-)
Bye
Ingo
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