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From: Mensanator <mensana...@aol.com>

Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:47:09 -0800 (PST)

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Subject: Re: Calculate PI upto 3000 decimal places (free software) extended precision

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On Nov 3, 11:36 am, Tony Lance <tonyla...@myinternetuk.com> wrote:

> From: Tony Lance <judema...@bigberthathing.co.uk>
> Newsgroups: swnet.sci.astro,sci.space.policy
> Subject: Re: Big Bertha Thing tidings
> Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:04:46 +0100

> Big Bertha Thing PI
> Cosmic Ray Series
> Possible Real World System Constructshttp://www.tonylance.talktalk.net/calpi.html
> Access page to 46K ZIP file
> Astrophysics net ring access site
> Newsgroup Reviews including alt.politics.bush

> Calculate PI upto 3000 decimal places.

> Ready to run Fortran 77 program complete with original
> source code and ported source code in listing format.
> Adds extended precision routines to Fortran 77.
> Written by Mark P. Esplin
> Ported to Fortran 77
> By Tony Lance

Fortran 77? This is the 21st century. Try to keep up.

Python 3.1 (r31:73574, Jun 26 2009, 20:21:35) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

>>> import gmpy
>>> gmpy.pi(10000)

mpf
('3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640 628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940 812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612 847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914 127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054 882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511 854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308 602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940 513200056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872146844090122495343014 654958537105079227968925892354201995611212902196086403441815981362977477130 996051870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859502445945534690830264 252230825334468503526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914 730359825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778185778053217122680661 300192787661119590921642019893809525720106548586327886593615338182796823030 195203530185296899577362259941389124972177528347913151557485724245415069595 082953311686172785588907509838175463746493931925506040092770167113900984882 401285836160356370766010471018194295559619894676783744944825537977472684710 404753464620804668425906949129331367702898915210475216205696602405803815019 351125338243003558764024749647326391419927260426992279678235478163600934172 164121992458631503028618297455570674983850549458858692699569092721079750930 295532116534498720275596023648066549911988183479775356636980742654252786255 181841757467289097777279380008164706001614524919217321721477235014144197356 854816136115735255213347574184946843852332390739414333454776241686251898356 948556209921922218427255025425688767179049460165346680498862723279178608578 438382796797668145410095388378636095068006422512520511739298489608412848862 694560424196528502221066118630674427862203919494504712371378696095636437191 728746776465757396241389086583264599581339047802759009946576407895126946839 835259570982582262052248940772671947826848260147699090264013639443745530506 820349625245174939965143142980919065925093722169646151570985838741059788595 977297549893016175392846813826868386894277415599185592524595395943104997252 468084598727364469584865383673622262609912460805124388439045124413654976278 079771569143599770012961608944169486855584840635342207222582848864815845602 850601684273945226746767889525213852254995466672782398645659611635488623057 745649803559363456817432411251507606947945109659609402522887971089314566913 686722874894056010150330861792868092087476091782493858900971490967598526136 554978189312978482168299894872265880485756401427047755513237964145152374623 436454285844479526586782105114135473573952311342716610213596953623144295248 493718711014576540359027993440374200731057853906219838744780847848968332144 571386875194350643021845319104848100537061468067491927819119793995206141966 342875444064374512371819217999839101591956181467514269123974894090718649423 19615679452080951463e0',
10000)

> Big Bertha Thing general

> A general told his troops, before the big battle, "Right lads,
> we are outnumbered 4 to 1, but we are much better than them,
> so we should win through in the end!"

> Half-way through the battle he sees one of his men
> leaning against a tree smoking. He rushes up to him,
> calls him all the names under the sun
> and asks him what he thinks he is doing?
> He replied "I have already killed my four."
> Try not to turn the minimum requirements,
> into the maximum of your endeavour.

> (C) Copyright Tony Lance 1999.
> To comply with my copyright,
> please distribute complete and free of charge.

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