Talk:Pi: Difference between revisions
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::::Hmmm, It does generate the digits o Pi in sequence. There is an abort button on the calculator, but I don't know whether it works midflow. By replacing the desktop calculator with one that uses a bigger display to get more digits and supports abortion midflow. The GUISS solution would fit the task. The limitation is with the tool provided, rather than with GUISS. [[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 09:11, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
::::Maybe a "limited solution" marker would be a good idea. (Similar to the "incorrect solution", that reads something like 'The solution provided does not meet the exact specifications of the task, due to limitations of the language or its subcomponents. The author has tried to provide an "approximate fit" solution based on those limitations'.). I know there are other tasks on the wiki, where the solutions are an approximation, rather than an exact fit. This might be quite useful. [[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 09:45, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
:::This is not strictly true. The underlying concept -- that each solution has finite limits -- is true. However, it's not the case that we can say that all solutions would their limit if they were allowed to run indefinitely. A solution could have an time increase between each digit, ensuring that the solution does not terminate before reaching a finite limit (let's say a billion digits before the heat death of the universe) because each successive digit takes so much longer than the previous digit. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 10:52, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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