On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 15:54:27 -0400
Cyril Guyot <cyril@zoy.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 02:06:17PM -0500, J?rgen Tischer wrote:
> > I think it's not a bug, it's a too slow algorithm. Have a look of timings on
> > my Dell 8100
>
> I don't think so since on my machine primep(80630964769); returns FALSE
> and primep(80630965313); returns TRUE both in less than a second.
> However they are both prime. Also the first one seems to return nearly
> instantaneously whereas the second takes around a second to return a
> positive answer. It seems some early abort strategy should not be
> triggered there.
>
> Just to add some information, I am using the maxima package from the
> debian unstable which seems to use gcl version 2.4.0 as the underlying
> lisp.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cyril
>
Hi-
It'd be nice if someone copuld post the slice of code regarding this issue.
I feel it'd be quite an educational experience (for me, at least).
Cheers
Henry
synthespian@uol.com.br