[Coco] Invent a new way to calculate Pi

[gene heskett]

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
> 
Chuckle, BTDT, John. Somewhere in our Rainbow history is an article on 
machine code that calculates pi to 500 places. How accurate however, 
wasn't mentioned that I recall nearly 40 years later.
> 
> 

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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