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New comment by yje07039 in "A new faster algorithm to compute 64-bit signed floor division"

yje07039 — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:31:47 +0000

I have great respect for those who conduct research on algorithm optimization.

yje07039 — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:03:35 +0000

It would have been much cooler if the naming sequence had been helium, neon, and argon, rather than argon and carbon.

yje07039 — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:07:35 +0000

How much of the four months went to keeping up with breaking changes? Thats been my main blocker with zig, more than the language itself.

yje07039 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:58:24 +0000

Thanks. buy when you need it is solid advice. I’ll probably wait and see on this generation.

yje07039 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:55:17 +0000

145GB is hardly small. How does something like this even happen? In more ways than one.

yje07039 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:50:28 +0000

Hope the copy-and-patch work gets a proper write-up before it’s removed... The technique is interesting well beyond CPython.

yje07039 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:46:56 +0000

Should I skip this generation of MacBooks, or should I buy one now? I’m worried about how much the price of the next MacBook might go up.