Re: Help converting C to PHP

On Thu, September 21, 2006 9:32 pm, Curt Zirzow wrote: > On 9/21/06, Tom Atkinson <nibbler@coppermine-gallery.net> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am attempting to convert this code for generating the digits of pi >> from the original C (below) to PHP. >> >> long k=4e3,p,a[337],q,t=1e3; >> main(j){for(;a[j=q=0]+=2,--k;) >> for(p=1+2*k;j<337;q=a[j]*k+q%p*t,a[j++]=q/p) >> k!=j>2?:printf("%.3d",a[j-2]%t+q/p/t);} > > > wow this is rather bad. it would probably be better to write this in > asm, it would be easier to read than the way it is in C. > >> >> I converted this to a more readable form: > > what about using: > php.net/pi > > note the precision description. > > or are we talking about a different pi. We're probably talking about that silly contest started the other day to calculate pi to 1000 digits... :-) My best guess is that the C code is relying on type-casting to hack something somewhere. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm