Floating point, [__ - Re: C trivia - was Re: D][ennis Ritchie has died]

16 Oct 2011

...
   I have never
understood the windespread use of that approximation.
 355/113 is more accurate and easier to remember  
 I never understood the popularity of that approximation. 52163/16604 is 
 more accurate. 
I never understood the popularity of that approximation. 86953/27678 is
more accurate. (*)

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(*) 355/113 and 52163/16604 are only accurate to 6 decimal places, but 355/113
is pretty easy to remember.

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Floating point, [__ - Re: C trivia - was Re: D][ennis Ritchie has died]