How to run Schnell_pi?

Schnell_pi is a program for computing digits of Pi=3.1415926535... on a PC.

The executable in the sub-directory Schnell_pi_1.0 (where the present file is) and is named "Schnell_pi". Just run it with:

cd Schnell_pi_1.0
./Schnell_pi

It will prompt you for the number of digits to compute (or rather the base 2 logarithm of this number). Do not forget that you **NEED** real memory of at least 11*(number of digits) to run Schnell_pi. It will eventually write the result in a file named "pi_final" in a format very similar to the one used by Xavier Gourdon's PiFast program.

If the program crashes, please send the details (Linux configuration, processor, memory, kernel version) together with the error message to dominique@delande.nom.fr.

Neither the author of Schnell_pi nor the distributor of the binary are responsible if anything goes wrong with your computer!

Copyright(C) 2001 Dominique DELANDE (dominique@delande.nom.fr).
You may use, copy the Schnell_pi executable for any purpose and without fee. You may distribute the ORIGINAL package.

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Last modified: Fri Aug 10 18:31:42 CEST 2001