CorySimon

function compute_pi(N::Int)
    """
    Compute pi with a Monte Carlo simulation of N darts thrown in [-1,1]^2
    Returns estimate of pi
    """
    n_landed_in_circle = 0  # counts number of points that have radial coordinate < 1, i.e. in circle
    for i = 1:N
        x = rand() * 2 - 1  # uniformly distributed number on x-axis
        y = rand() * 2 - 1  # uniformly distributed number on y-axis

CorySimon

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l