...and a challenge

[Mark Wieder]

On 10/5/19 8:34 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote:
> 
> Pi is a reserved work, so I used pie. I havent seen this way of producing Pi before, and in both JavaScript and LivceCode it seems to be instantaneous. I think its a rewording of 4*(1-1/3+1/5-1/7+1/9)

the Taylor algorithm is similar but different.

> 
> Anyway, see for yourself

...the javascript implementation is *very* fast, and one reason is the 
BigInt support. You're not going to be able to do this in LC without 
resorting to string chunks.

> BTW, I havent seen JavaScript using let before, or having n to indicate a floating point number. That could be a dot net thing.

See Peter Wood's response.

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