Peter Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is normal. Because of the bug in v17, all the math it was doing
> was wrong, so using that 77% would have been a waste since it was
> incorrect data. There is no need to try and retrieve that data. It's
> useless.
Are you sure of that? What if the bug didn't happen to strike my run, or the
errors could be corrected?
If what you say is true, then whoever designed version 17 acted in a
completely unconscionably rash manner by releasing it without thoroughly
testing it for problems as serious as that. And has therefore shot the whole
GIMPS effort in the foot by setting it back many weeks.
Hopefully, realization of the impact on GIMPS is punishment enough to make
sure this won't happen again...
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