[Shootout-list] Rule 30

[John Skaller]

On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 15:44 -0400, Robert Seeger wrote:
> 
> On 5/19/05, Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
>         On Thursday 19 May 2005 15:45, Isaac Gouy wrote:
>         > --- Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
>         > > > Is there something wrong with pidigits?
>         > > 
>         > > As the value of pi is fixed, it can be precomputed.
>         >
>         > And that's a problem because...
>         
>         We're trying to measure how long it took to compute.
> 
> True... However, I think the point is that actually doing the
> computation can be a condition of the test. Just because it CAN be
> precomputed doesn't mean it HAS to be.

And how do you measure that?


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