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Re: Prime lists and Computation

Subject: Re: Prime lists and Computation
From: Carl Parkes
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:02:12 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.math
Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:87u0icfqtc.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 

> "Dik T. Winter" <Dik.Winter@xxxxxx> writes:
>> In article <87mzolhmpw.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Phil Carmody
>> <thefatphil_demunged@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: 
>>  > "Dik T. Winter" <Dik.Winter@xxxxxx> writes:
>> ...
>>  > >  > After a lengthy discussion on this subject several years ago,
>>  > >  > we concluded:
>>  > >  > Any sieve that's slower than a hard disk is insufficiently
>>  > >  > advanced. Any hard disk which is slower than a sieve is
>>  > >  > insufficiently advanced. 
>>  > > 
>>  > > I like this, but it does not answer the question of the OP.
>>  > 
>>  > Which is why I replied to you, not the OP :-D
>> 
>> To me it looks like the definition of a ratrace.
> 
> At least it has a simple solution - whatever's slower, make it faster!
> 
> Got any spare CPU power? I'm on the trawl for intelligent contributors
> to my latest computational number theory distraction.
> 
> Phil

Thanks for the information. the question is, is it worth the effort to 
"prime code" files? or are the primes to dense? 


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There is only one number.



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