Re: Mersenne: Java/javascript anyone?

2000-04-29 Thread Richard B. Woods
Eric Hahn wrote: I'm converting the numerous 'if' statements into an array lookup, and making it calculate out more than just days... In case you're referring to incorporating calendar knowledge so that you can deliver year-month-day completion predictions, don't forget that the Gregorian

Re: Mersenne: Java/javascript anyone?

2000-04-27 Thread Kevin Sexton
George Woltman wrote: Hi, I sent this a few days ago, but it seems to have gotten lost... In my new benchmarking page I'd like to create a form that takes CPU type, CPU speed, and exponent and returns the estimated number of days to complete the exponent. I hope this

Re: Mersenne: Java/javascript anyone?

2000-04-27 Thread Eric Hahn
George Woltman wrote: In my new benchmarking page I'd like to create a form that takes CPU type, CPU speed, and exponent and returns the estimated number of days to complete the exponent. I hope this will help newcomers understand how much effort is required before joining GIMPS.

Re: Mersenne: Java/javascript anyone?

2000-04-27 Thread Nick Glover
Yes, this can definitely be done in JavaScript that works in both IE and Netscape. I am willing to write the code, but I won't have time until about May 5th or so because I have exams and that type of stuff occupying my time for the next week. At 22:41 26/04/00 -0400, you wrote: Hi, I

Mersenne: Java/javascript anyone?

2000-04-26 Thread George Woltman
Hi, I sent this a few days ago, but it seems to have gotten lost... In my new benchmarking page I'd like to create a form that takes CPU type, CPU speed, and exponent and returns the estimated number of days to complete the exponent. I hope this will help newcomers understand