in reply to computing square root by hand -- no sqrt (golf, beginner)
#0 1 2 3 4 5 6 #123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 $_=pop,$n=pop;{$l^($_=($_+$n/$_)/2)||die$_,$/;$l=$_;redo} [download]
~Particle *accelerates*