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The total time for the 100,000<sup>th</sup> Ulam number using the original REXX program would've taken a little over three years, and that is on Paul Kislanko's PC. On my old slow PC, it would've taken about a decade or thereabouts. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 21:22, 4 December 2020 (UTC) |
The total time for the 100,000<sup>th</sup> Ulam number using the original REXX program would've taken a little over three years, and that is on Paul Kislanko's PC. On my old slow PC, it would've taken about a decade or thereabouts. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 21:22, 4 December 2020 (UTC) |
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:It certainly demonstrates the importance of using a decent algorithm. |
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:I was quite pleased with my first version but it's been trumped twice now by the Phix and XPL0 algorithms! --[[User:PureFox|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox|talk]]) 21:36, 4 December 2020 (UTC) |
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