On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> I just upgraded this morning to the latest Linux version of Linux,
> v19.0.2. The box with the problem is a 486-66 running Red Hat 5.0.
> I'm noticing some strange numbers in its output:
>
> Factoring M10533203 to 2^64 is 39.83% complete. 310.800 sec.
> Factoring M10533203 to 2^64 is 39.84% complete. 310.790 sec.
> Factoring M10533203 to 2^64 is 39.84% complete. 310.630 sec.
> Factoring M10533203 to 2^64 is 39.85% complete. -3984.147 sec.
> Factoring M10533203 to 2^64 is 39.86% complete. 310.720 sec.
> Factoring M10533203 to 2^64 is 39.86% complete. 311.920 sec.
>
> About one out of every 15 lines says it completed in negative time.
I knew George's assembly routines were fast, but damn! :-)
-jason
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