2001

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/******************************************************************************/
/*                                                                            */
/*                                                              FILE: may.cpp */
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/*  This program computes quite a famous C++ constant                         */
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/*  It is based on an idea from PHILIPPE SEEWER (http://www.sws.bfh.ch)       */
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/*  Compiled and tested with Visual C++ V6.0                                  */
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/*  V1.00   31-MAY-2001   P. Tellenbach   http://www.heimetli.ch/             */
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/******************************************************************************/

#include <iostream>

class Computer
{
 protected:
   static Computer *list ;
   Computer        *next ;
   double          value ;

   double func( double n )
   {
      if( next )
         return value + n * next->func( n ) ;

      return value ;
   }

 public:
   Computer( double val ) : value(val)
   {
      next = list ;
      list = this ;
   }

   static double compute( double n )
   {
      return list->func( n ) ;
   }
} ;

Computer *Computer::list = NULL ;

int main( )
{
   Computer(     -0.0000199493478221892 ) ;
   Computer(      0.00170801522349198 ) ;
   Computer(     -0.0652646127594653 ) ;
   Computer(      1.46796617521522 ) ;
   Computer(    -21.5819612576657 ) ;
   Computer(    217.713509399792 ) ;
   Computer(  -1538.60419552855 ) ;
   Computer(   7635.50553541271 ) ;
   Computer( -26240.4880212878 ) ;
   Computer(  60422.8402050241 ) ;
   Computer( -87602.3794713755 ) ;
   Computer(  70841.9748145348 ) ;
   Computer( -23687.3847948726 ) ;
   Computer(     72.5 ) ;

   for( int i = 0; i < 14; i++ )
      std::cout << (char) Computer::compute( i ) ;

 return 0 ;
}

Update 31. May 2021

This program still compiles and runs without any changes.