Task: Numerical integration
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>

double int_leftrect(double from, double to, double n, double (*func)())
{
   double h = (to-from)/n;
   double sum = 0.0, x;
   for(x=from; x <= (to-h); x += h)
      sum += func(x);
   return h*sum;
}

double int_rightrect(double from, double to, double n, double (*func)())
{
   double h = (to-from)/n;
   double sum = 0.0, x;
   for(x=from; x <= (to-h); x += h)
     sum += func(x+h);
   return h*sum;
}

double int_midrect(double from, double to, double n, double (*func)())
{
   double h = (to-from)/n;
   double sum = 0.0, x;
   for(x=from; x <= (to-h); x += h)
     sum += func(x+h/2.0);
   return h*sum;
}

double int_trapezium(double from, double to, double n, double (*func)())
{
   double h = (to - from) / n;
   double sum = func(from) + func(to);
   int i;
   for(i = 1;i < n;i++)
       sum += 2.0*func(from + i * h);
   return  h * sum / 2.0;
}

double int_simpson(double from, double to, double n, double (*func)())
{
   double h = (to - from) / n;
   double sum1 = 0.0;
   double sum2 = 0.0;
   int i;

   double x;
   
   for(i = 0;i < n;i++)
      sum1 += func(from + h * i + h / 2.0);

   for(i = 1;i < n;i++)
      sum2 += func(from + h * i);

   return h / 6.0 * (func(from) + func(to) + 4.0 * sum1 + 2.0 * sum2);
}

Python: from fractions import Fraction

def left_rect(f,x,h):
  return f(x)
 
def mid_rect(f,x,h):
  return f(x + h/2)
 
def right_rect(f,x,h):
  return f(x+h)
 
def trapezium(f,x,h):
  return (f(x) + f(x+h))/2.0
 
def simpson(f,x,h):
  return (f(x) + 4*f(x + h/2) + f(x+h))/6.0
 
def cube(x):
  return x*x*x
 
def reciprocal(x):
  return 1/x
 
def identity(x):
  return x
 
def integrate( f, a, b, steps, meth):
   h = (b-a)/steps
   ival = h * sum(meth(f, a+i*h, h) for i in range(steps))
   return ival  


for a, b, steps, func in ((0., 1., 100, cube), (1., 100., 1000, reciprocal)):
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule)))
    a, b = Fraction.from_float(a), Fraction.from_float(b)
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps and fractions) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               float(integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule))))


for a, b, steps, func in ((0., 5000., 5000000, identity),
                          (0., 6000., 6000000, identity)):
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule)))
    a, b = Fraction.from_float(a), Fraction.from_float(b)
    for rule in (left_rect, mid_rect, right_rect, trapezium, simpson):
        print('%s integrated using %s\n  from %r to %r (%i steps and fractions) = %r' %
              (func.__name__, rule.__name__, a, b, steps,
               float(integrate( func, a, b, steps, rule))))