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Re:A decades-old bug in Knuth's long division (TAOCP Vol II,... by ozten on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @03:56PM (#49366397)
Given enough tokens, all bugs are shallow.
Re:A decades-old bug in Knuth's long division (TAOCP Vol II,... by nk_kolja on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @04:24PM (#49366742)
I doubt it would have unlooped itself from re-counting the steps in Program D and calculating the complexity of the algorithm. I couldn't get it to do it with a weeks worth of Claude pro, and in my experience once it's stuck it's stuck.