[GENERAL] PI using WITH RECURSIVE :)

[Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz]

Hey folks,
I waned share, and possibly stick in as an example on how to use WITH
RECURSIVE, little thing that I wrote just to prove that I can understand how
it works.
It calculates PI, algorithm is pretty simple. I'll give you 2 versions. C++
one , and SQL one :D Let me know, what ya think

so here we go.

C++ code:

iterations *= 2;

for (unsigned int i=0; i<iterations; i+=4)-
  {
    double t1, t2;
    t1 = 4.0/(3+i) ;
    t2 = 4.0/(3+i+2);

    pisub += t1;
    piadd += t2 ;
  }

  double ourPi = 4 + piadd - pisub;


SQL:

WITH RECURSIVE t AS
(
    select 0::float8 as subs, 0::float8 as adds, 0 as x
  UNION ALL
    select (4::float8)/(3+x) as subs, (4::float8)/(3+x+2) as adds, x+4 as x
from t where x < 10000
)
select 4::float8 + sum(adds) - sum(subs) from t;


comments are welcomed :)

you obviously need CVS HEAD to run it, and please don't ask how to get it,
etc. :)

-- 
GJ