On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Mogens Kjaer <mk@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> http://www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ooura/pi_fft.html >> >> You'll need RAM to get many digits. > > 1.6 G decimals in 20 hours on a machine with 16G RAM, running > x86_64 Fedora 12. Really, I'm curious, is there any real-world problem where anyone would actually *need* pi to a G decimal places? I mean, are these kind of computations actually useful for someone, or is it just a matter of "we have the power to do it, so let's do it" thing? Other than entry into the Guinness book of records, that is? Or maybe there are still people who believe pi is rational rather than transcendent, and look for a cyclic repeat pattern in the decimals? ;-) :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
