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Re:Wolfsort: An ultra-fast hybrid radix sort algorithm on Saturday July 25, 2020 @07:36AM (#23948435)
Comments increase compile time!
Re:Mathematicians discover a perfect way to multiply (2019) on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:30PM (#23923005)
> “The best we can hope for is we’re three times faster,” van der Hoeven said.

And they talk about billions of digits elsewhere in the article. I doubt that only applies for the ~8.46e184 digits you seem to be talking about.

Re:The Frink Is Good, the Unit Is Evil on Saturday July 11, 2020 @06:57AM (#23801133)
They're not unitless, they're dimensionless, see https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/803955/why-radian-i.... I think the author made a mistake.