[Shootout-list] Re: Integer overflow

[Isaac Gouy]

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> the producer/consumer threads test ...
> it was originally designed to show the cost of forking new processes.

typo? It only forks 2 threads. It switches thread context many times.

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> Whether overflow moves from "bug" to "safety issue" depends on what
> is done with the output.

Perhaps we have to bite-the-bullet and change existing code, so that we
can keep the fastest run-time up-around 0.5s and keep the largest ints
within range. Oh for a slower machine ;-)


		
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