Re: Good C programming style
- From: "Gregory Pietsch" <GKP1@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 9 Oct 2005 18:52:33 -0700
(Concerning the accuracy of pi)
With 42 digits of pi, you could find the circumference of the known
universe to within the width of a proton, but for practical matters, an
accuracy of one or two decimal places is ample.
LOL, Gregory Pietsch
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