Re: how to generate pi in c

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 12:07:47 +0000,
  Marko Vojinovic  wrote:
> On Monday, November 08, 2010 04:49:33 Tim wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 17:13 +0100, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> > > You are probably alle wrong - pi equals 3.125, see:
> > > http://www.correctpi.com/
> >
> > I was always under the impression that pi was merely the ratio of the
> > circumference to the diameter, something that's easy enough to prove
> > empirically (measure the two, and do the maths).
>
> [snip a serious response]
>
> Hey Tim, didn't you read a hidden ROTFLMAO between the lines above? :-D

Just remember that depends on Euclidean Geometry. In other geometries (say
very large circles on the surface of the earth) the ratio is different.