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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:50:34 -0600
Subject: Re: Large number multiplication
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On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt
> <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> wrote:
>> Even worse, most people would actually pay for its use, because they don=
't
>> use numbers large enough to merit the Sch=F6nhage=96Strassen algorithm.
>
> As it stands, Karatsuba is only used for numbers greater than a
> specific threshold. =A0Adding Sch=F6nhage=96Strassen would just mean addi=
ng
> another threshold, below which Karatsuba would still be used. =A0So at
> worst it would just add another comparison or two for numbers within
> the Karatsuba range.

And I just realized that you said as much yourself further down in
your message.  My apologies for the needless lecturing.