Jim Meyering wrote:
> > http://www.loria.fr/~zimmerma/records/ecmnet.html
> > http://www.loria.fr/~zimmerma/records/ecm-5.0.3.html
>
> I like that idea.  Thanks!
> I've always wanted factor to accept arbitrarily large inputs.

Although you can input an arbitrarily large integer, the limit of what
the program can do in reasonable time is about 100 decimal digits for a
randomly chosen integer.

> Patches welcome :-)

Well, the program has more than 10 source files and probably requires some
number theory know-how. I know that Paul Zimmermann is open to collaboration
with the GNU project (he's a contributor of GNU gmp, after all). It's up to
you to work it out with him.

Bruno



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