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From: owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Fabian's code is always slower.
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 18:41:06 +0000 (UTC)
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fr314159@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 11:48:31 PM UTC-4, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Owl's is usually faster,
>>
> 
> His code?  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
> 
> Until I proposed the idea, he never would have dreamed in
> a milliion years to do it without division.
> 
> There are differences between monkeys and humans.
> 

Fabtard, I used addition because you demanded a solution that did not
use division.  I agree that my first instinct would be to use modulo,
and it's only about 10% slower that way.  BTW, still waiting on your
code for three values.  Try to do it without copying mine.