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You kinda buried the lead there. You may want to move the ending bit to the top.

VerdantOzark
– VerdantOzark

2014-02-22 01:45:49 +00:00
Commented Feb 22, 2014 at 1:45
Just out of interest on my machine: time python -c 'pass' 0m0.025s, time python -c 'print 666' 0m0.087s but time python -c 'x=666' 0m0.028s So most of the time is outputting the large number.

Steve Barnes
– Steve Barnes

2014-02-28 18:56:39 +00:00
Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 18:56
Yes, conversion to base 10 takes quadratic time in the number of digits. As an extreme case, try printing one of the larger Mersenne primes. It's very fast to calculate, but takes a long time to print in base 10.

Andrew Dalke
– Andrew Dalke

2014-03-01 05:06:54 +00:00
Commented Mar 1, 2014 at 5:06

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