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Re:GCD and the magic of subtraction by 082349872349872 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:07AM (#24268270)
Somewhere in all the EWDs, EWD notes that the symmetric nature of GCD by subtraction means that it could be carried out by two concurrent processes, making it a very useful toy.
Re:GCD and the magic of subtraction by Someone on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:48AM (#24269019)
¿https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/E...?

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