🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <31711755.328F@charm.net>, Bob Arning <arning@charm.net> wrote:

> Jan Steinman wrote:
...
> > Ready, set, go (standard disclaimer, typed in off the top of my head):
> > 
> > | pi n |
> > pi := 0.
> > n := "number of hex digits of precision desired"
> > 1 to: n do: [:i | pi := pi +
> >   ((1 / (16 raisedTo: i) *
> >     ((4 / ((8 * i) + 1)) +
> >     (2 / ((8 * i) + 4)) +
> >     (1 / ((8 * i) + 5)) +
> >     (1 / ((8 * i) + 6))))].
> > pi
> > 
> > Okay, has your C compiler finished yet? :-)
...
> Your standard disclaimer notwithstanding, it would be a more impressive 
> example if it actually worked. Where does the missing right paren go?

Oops! I separated it into one factor and four terms, but I guess I wasn't
counting right. Without the Smalltalk paren-matcher, I'd have to guess it
goes before the square bracket. Sorry!

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