digits of Pi

[Paul Zimmermann]

> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:38:02 +0000
> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Alberto_Sim=C3=B5es?= <hashashin at gmail.com>
> 
> It would be great to have an idea of values for previous GMP versions. :)
> 
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Zimmermann
> <Paul.Zimmermann at loria.fr> wrote:
> >       Hi,
> >
> > with GMP 5.0.0 and MPFR, it is possible to compute 10^9 bits of Pi in less
> > than one hour on a 2.83Ghz Core 2:
> >
> > patate% time ./tconst_pi 1000000000 0 0
> > Seed GMP_CHECK_RANDOMIZE=1263667646 (include this in bug reports)
> > 2885.349u 192.229s 52:16.55 98.1%       0+0k 280+16io 3pf+0w
> >
> > Paul Zimmermann
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of course, but it took much longer to get the result. With GMP 4.3.1:

patate% time ./tconst_pi.431 1000000000 0 0
Seed GMP_CHECK_RANDOMIZE=1264027541 (include this in bug reports)
5493.252u 131.865s 1:34:17.94 99.4%     0+0k 768+0io 2pf+0w

Paul