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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: Exact (LISP-ish) calculations in Ruby?
From:       Martin DeMello <martindemello () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-11-19 9:37:33
Message-ID: f93a6bcc0911190137x16f148a1l8da8c682ed5d2358 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There's an algorithm for calculating square roots, similar (in
> appearance, not in process) to the algorithm for long division.  One
> or more generations ago, school students would have done it with pen
> and paper, I think.

I learnt it in school, and I'm in my 30s, so one generation ago.

martin


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