Re: Re: computing square root by hand -- no sqrt (golf, beginner)

[Juerd]

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,$/

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

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[jynx]

Since you're only using one argument you can call it with one argument and shorten it to 16:

die pop()**.5,$/

but that's bending the rules...
jynx