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

print $ARGV[0]**.5

This is the best answer I've seen in this thread :) It's clear, short and very precise...
How about some golfing while you're at it? 

die+shift()**.5,$/

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I know that this is 18 strokes like yours, but this one prints a newline ;) 

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Re: Re: Re: computing square root by hand -- no sqrt (golf, beginner)
by jynx (Priest) on May 12, 2002 at 04:55 UTC

    Since you're only using one argument you can call it with one argument and shorten it to 16:
    die pop()**.5,$/

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    but that's bending the rules...
    jynx
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