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Hand-coded sqrt func with tail recursion
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package main | |
import ( | |
"fmt" | |
"math" | |
"math/big" | |
) | |
func Sqrt(x float64) float64 { | |
if x == 0 { | |
return x | |
} | |
return auxSqrt(x, 1, 1.0) | |
} | |
func auxSqrt(x float64, i int, z float64) float64 { | |
if i == 10 { | |
return z | |
} | |
return auxSqrt(x, i + 1, z - (math.Pow(z, 2) - x) / (2 * z)) | |
} | |
func main() { | |
i := 1.0 | |
for tranc8(Sqrt(i)) == tranc8(math.Sqrt(i)) {i++} | |
fmt.Println(i) | |
} | |
func tranc8(x float64) string { | |
return big.NewFloat(x).Text('f', 8) | |
} |
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