----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Blosser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I doubt George would be interested in working in a little simple zip > routine when saving/reading save files? It might slow it down too much > for some folks (although honestly, it takes a fraction of a second to > zip using the lowest compression level), but maybe a nice option for > those looking to save a bit of space when testing large exponents. > Especially if you save interim files or have 2 saved files... the space > savings would add up quickly. My vote goes towards leaving Prime95 just the way it is... I prefer to have a program do one thing well rather than have it try to do everything under the sun... It is *so* easy to script these files to be compressed and backed up, even in Windows... I know very little about Windows scripting since I come from a Unix background, but I was able to whip a "batch file" together in less than 5 minutes that does the job for me... If I can do it anyone can... Maybe there is a market for an additional program to manage save files... Setiathome is notorious for having oodles of add-on programs to add functionality... I personally would like to see Prime95 go the other direction to a simpler CLI interface, like Mlucas, but I'm sure I'm in the minority... (BTW, Mlucas rules!) I do miss the old days when things were simpler (I bet George doesn't, though!) but time marches on... Mike (Xyzzy) _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
