NUMAL Section 6.1
BEGIN SECTION : 6.1 (January, 1976)
AUTHOR: D.T.WINTER.
INSTITUTE: MATHEMATICAL CENTRE.
RECEIVED: 751208.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
THIS SECTION CONTAINS TWO PROCEDURES:
1) PI: DELIVERS THE VALUE OF PI;
2) E: DELIVERS THE VALUE OF E.
KEYWORDS:
MATHEMATICAL CONSTANTS
PI
E
SUBSECTION: PI
CALLING SEQUENCE:
THE HEADING OF THE PROCEDURE IS:
"REAL" "PROCEDURE" PI;
"CODE" 30006;
PI:= THE CONSTANT PI IN 48 BITS PRECISION.
LANGUAGE: COMPASS
SUBSECTION: E
CALLING SEQUENCE:
THE HEADING OF THE PROCEDURE IS:
"REAL" "PROCEDURE" E;
"CODE" 30007;
E:= THE CONSTANT E IN 48 BITS PRECISION.
LANGUAGE: COMPASS
SOURCE TEXTS:
THE SOURCE TEXTS GIVEN HERE ARE NOT THE ACTUAL SOURCE TEXTS, AS
THESE PROCEDURES ARE WRITTEN IN COMPASS. EVEN, THE TEXTS GIVEN
HERE DO NOT GIVE THE SAME RESULTS ON THE CDC CYBER SYSTEM, SINCE
THE ALGOL-60 COMPILER CANNOT READ THE CONSTANTS IN 48 BIT PRECISION.
"CODE" 30006;
"CODE" 30007;