If you've ever wondered what lambda and reduce are good for, run this one- liner and wonder no more...
(Be patient, it may take a few seconds to return.) # Python 2 version: print((lambda f:((lambda p:p[0]+'.'+p[1:])(str((lambda Q:2*Q[0]*Q[0]//Q [3])((lambda F:(lambda S:f(lambda T,_:((T[0]+T[1])//2,S((T[0]*T[1])// F),2*T[2],(T[3]-(T[2]*(((T[0]+T[1])//2)**2-(S((T[0]*T[1])//F))**2))//F)), [0]*13,(F,(F*F)//S(2*F),2,F//2)))(lambda n:f(lambda x,_:(x-x//2+(n*F)// (2*x)),[0]*15,n//2)))(10**(5010))))[:5000])))(reduce)) # Python 3 version: print((lambda f:((lambda p:p[0]+'.'+p[1:])(str((lambda Q:2*Q[0]*Q[0]//Q [3])((lambda F:(lambda S:f(lambda T,_:((T[0]+T[1])//2,S((T[0]*T[1])// F),2*T[2],(T[3]-(T[2]*(((T[0]+T[1])//2)**2-(S((T[0]*T[1])//F))**2))//F)), [0]*13,(F,(F*F)//S(2*F),2,F//2)))(lambda n:f(lambda x,_:(x-x//2+(n*F)// (2*x)),[0]*15,n//2)))(10**(5010))))[:5000])))(__import__ ('functools').reduce)) I can't take credit for this little beauty. It originally came from Manuel Garcia, all I did was make it compatible with Python 3 and add some additional, but trivial, obfuscation. See the original post here: http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/5H3d1yQN5N15HEgOWHMx Encouraging-hatred-of-lambdas-for-fun-and-profit-ly y'rs, -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list