why 'lambda' and 'reduce'?

Manuel Garcia news at manuelmgarcia.com
Wed Jun 11 22:21:57 EDT 2003


If anyone ever asks for what good are 'lambda' and 'reduce', show them
this...

print (lambda p:p[0]+'.'+p[1:])(
    str((lambda(x,y,t,a):2L*x*x//a)(
        (lambda F:(lambda S:reduce(
            lambda(x,y,t,a),_:((x+y)//2L,
                S((x*y)//F),2L*t,
                (a-(t*(((x+y)//2L)**2-
                       (S((x*y)//F))**2))//F)),
            [0]*13,(F,(F*F)//S(2L*F),2L,F//2L)))(
                lambda n:reduce(lambda x,_:(
                    x-x//2L+(n*F)//(2L*x)),
                [0]*15,
                n//2L)))(10L**(5010))))[:5000])

You have to be a bit patient with this one...

Manuel




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