Teaching Approximations (was Re: Microcode, which is a no-go for

ben bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Tue Jan 8 19:50:30 CST 2019


On 1/8/2019 6:24 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
> There is an algorithm to calculate any digit of PI as long as it is in HEX ( or base 16 ). So far no one has been able to do this in a decimal system. It would seem that out binary computers were close to right in the first place.
> Dwight
> 

What is the value of PI when you pound a SQUARE peg in a ROUND HOLE?
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Ben.





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