in reply to computing square root by hand -- no sqrt (golf, beginner)

38 chars, note that the second argument is entirely superfluous:
  
($_+=$ARGV[0]/$_)/=2for($_=1)x99;print
   MeowChow                                   
               s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print
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