>
> 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...
>
On the other hand, it is often difficult to find out when trying to
squeeze speed out of programs if you've gone too far, and the only way to
test the program is the do entire LL tests in both this and another
program we are sure works.. Doing it for more than a couple of exponents
is VERY slow...
Although I do agree, I hope that it doesn't happen again..
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