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Code

 awk 'BEGIN{srand(); while (++i) {pi += ((rand()**2+rand()**2) <= 1); if ((i%10e5) == 0) printf "%f\n",4*pi/i;}}'

Result

3.140352
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3.141291
3.140802
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3.140884
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