[Coco] Invent a new way to calculate Pi

[Bruce W. Calkins]

If I remember correctly, there was a Pi calculator program for the Color 
Computer several decades ago.  But which magazine was it in?
Bruce W.


On 9/18/23 09:36, John Mark Mobley via Coco wrote:
> I have an idea for a programming chainage...
> 
> I have a strange idea that I can use a crude value of Pi to calculate a
> better value of Pi. And you can repeat this process a number of times until
> you get a much better value of Pi.
> 
> I found that I can use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate Pi to a few
> places like 3 or 6 places with only perhaps 10,000 triangles. I know that
> there are better ways to calculate Pi, but this is a way that I actually
> understand how it works.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> -John Mark Mobley
> Glenside Color Computer Club, Inc. Vice-President
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