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- From: Tony Quinn <tonyquin@sixpints.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: A real basic problem?: (code!) long integers or compiler problem?
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 14:35:28 +0100
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- In article <4l9ilk$12o6@useneta1.news.prodigy.com>, Joe Larson
- <ERQK75A@prodigy.com> writes
- >I think you're right, Toby - except it'll take about 65,535 times longer,
- >and not quite as a long as a day or 2...!
- >
- >I compiled the program with Borland C++ 4.5 and had no problem running it
- >on a Pentium90 - but I had to wait a little while. I inserted timestamps
- >around maxlng() to see that it took 269 secs. For a 486DX2(-66?) it'll
- >take about twice as long. Check it out.
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- DX4-100 gives 515 secondss
- >
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