18 Oct
2011
18 Oct
'11
2:35 p.m.
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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:06:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
Subject: Re: C trivia - was Re: Dennis Ritchie has died
...Although, admittedly, that was half a century ago
(PI does NOT change!)
(or DOES IT??))
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred
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Well, Xerox was ready in case it ever does!
Supposedly from their Fortran manual:
"The primary purpose of the Data statement is to give names to constants;
instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the
variable Pi can be given that value with a Data statement and used instead
of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the
program, should the value of pi change."
mike
18 Oct
18 Oct
2:55 p.m.
On 18 Oct 2011 at 14:35, MikeS wrote:
"The primary purpose of the Data statement is to
give names to
constants;
instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance,
the variable Pi can be given that value with a Data statement and
used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also
simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change."
i.e., When running the program in Indiana.
--Chuck
3:07 p.m.
On 18/10/11 19:35, MikeS wrote:
"The primary purpose of the Data statement is to
give names to constants;
instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the
variable Pi can be given that value with a Data statement and used instead
of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the
program, should the value of pi change."
Well, who knows? They might have been predicting better FPUs with longer
word lengths, which could represent Pi to a much greater precision!
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
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