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<DIV>>> If (Paul Z) got "orders of magnitude", i.e., >= 100 times improvement,<BR>>> I bow and promise never to write any more arithmetic routines in my life.</DIV>
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<DIV>Now now, we all make mistakes .....</DIV>
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<DIV>I made one once, I think .... when was it ??? </DIV>
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<DIV>darn, I just can't remember .... :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Oh yes, it was 1974, I woke up one morning convinced I had found a proof of the 4-Colour Theorem .... An elegant one, too </DIV>
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<DIV>It was pretty good, to , just the one hole in it .... sigh ......</DIV>