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"Generative art" often refers to algorithmic art (algorithmically determined computer generated artwork).
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Why should i use that instead of math.pi?
I missed the comment that said you should. Did they delete it?
You're right. But as the other commenter suggested, if you're on an embedded system or otherwise limited system, or even using another language missing certain constants and/or functions, it's a good thing to know.
You could also just pull the constant from memory, assuming you have the brain memory space that I apparently have...
3.1415926535897932384646233832795020841971693993751
If you're using an embedded version of Python that's missing the
math
module. Because somebody couldn't be bothered to fix the floating point math in C for platforms that don't have an FPU 🤷