Re: Parallel program to calculate PI

On May 13, 3:55=A0pm, Spiros Bousbouras <spi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 13 May, 15:20, Prime Mover <eple...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > I have got the pseudo-code below that I would like to convert to c
> > language. The algorithm calculates Pi value. I am somewhat familiar

> Out of curiosity for what value of npoints are you aiming for ? In
> your example it's only 100000 and you can get that on a modern desktop
> in a few seconds.- Hide quoted text -

I got 3.1415 using a billion points. Looks like it will converge very
slowly.

Also the granularity of the x,y points may affect the maximum accuracy
(because it introduces errors near the circular edge). Tried a sphere
too but not any better.

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Bartc