On Aug 14, 8:25 pm, "Dr. Phillip M. Feldman" <pfeld...@verizon.net> wrote: > I wrote the following correct but inefficient test of primality for purposes > of demonstrating that the simplest algorithm is often not the most > efficient. But, when I try to run the following code with a value of n that > is large enough to produce a significant amount of running time, I get an > out-of-memory error!
I don't think Python was created to keep mathematician's happy. Although strangely enough, the creator holds a masters degree in mathematics *and* computer science. Just another one of life's little ironies ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
