• qaopjlll [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    At my last job I was bored so I wrote sql server functions to perform standard math operations on varchar(max) and used them to build factorial tables which I then used to iteratively calculate pi. I think I got up to around 100 digits before I got yelled at for bogging down the server and had to stop.

  • Adkml [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    "Only" using 15 digits is still pretty insane

    • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      You get that level of precision in a standard "double" floating point number. So that's basically the normal level of precision you get without trying.

    • radiofreeval [any]
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      5 months ago

      M_PI in math.h is like 20 digits. I'm surprised they just don't do that.