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From: johnherro@aol.com (John Herro)
Subject: Re: Calculating SQRT in Ada
Date: 1999/03/26
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David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote
> while  not alternating and then
>  New_Estimate /= Previous_estimate loop

> John -- Did you look at my convergence test?
> It always works.

Your routine, although a bit more complicated than my original post, is easy to
understand, and it does indeed look like it will always converge.
- John Herro
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