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		tmtvl on Nov 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1B nested loop iterations Oh, the programs are supposed to take an integer from the command line? Then I wonder how many of them would fail when given an integer that's just a wee bit too large (like, say (2^129)-1).

hatthew on Nov 26, 2024 [–]

I don't think that's a concern. My assumption is that the point of taking user input is to prevent a compile from precomputing the result.

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