I wanted to play around with Nim GMP for [a much simpler 
experiment](https://pastebin.com/raw/yDtNktYz): seeing how long it would take 
to find a `clong.rand` array that 
[SO3C](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sums_of_three_cubes) to <2 billion, which 
is billions of times easier than hitting a specific number. Turns out: quite a 
while... 🙄

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> > but it wasn't meant to compete with hand-optimized C / Fortran / Assembly 
> > language.
> 
> Sure it was. By design C-like Nim code has no overhead.

I should have just said "hand-optimized Assembly language"... 

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