[Squeakland] Discovering Pi in Squeak

[subbukk]

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 1:54 pm, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> Using "forward by, turn by" you can draw a circle of known
> circumference, similar to how kids can measure the circumference of a
> large circle in the sand by counting footsteps. Measuring the
> diameter is easy - take the ratio and you're done.
> So "turn by 120" three times makes your "three stick" version. You
> can go up to 360 sticks by using 1 degree turns ...

I ruled this out because the 'turn' method uses Pi. To discover Pi, we cannot 
use Pi. That would be a circular argument.

Subbu