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// Program to calculate the value of the largest known Mersenne prime.
// p = 13_466_917
// p = 20_996_011 // Largest known as of Nov. 2003
// p = 25_964_951 // Largest known as of Feb. 2005.
// p = 30_402_457 // Largest known as of Dec. 2005.
// p = 32_582_657 // Largest as of September 2006
// p = 37_156_667 // Found in September 2008
// p = 43_112_609 // Also found (slightly earlier! in September 2008)
// p = 57_885_161
// p = 74_207_281 // Found in January 2016
// p = 77_232_917 // Found in December 2017
p = 82_589_933 // Found in December 2018
start = now[]
m=2^p
end = now[]
println["Time to perform exponent: " + format[end-start, "s", 3]]
start = now[]
mp = m - 1
end = now[]
println["Time to perform subtraction: " + format[end-start, "s", 3] + "\n"]
println["2^" + p + " - 1 =\n"]
start = now[]
out = newToString[mp] // Get string representation
end = now[]
//println[out]
println["Time to format (w/Frink optimizations): " + format[end-start, "s", 3] + "\n"]
println["Length is " + length[out] + " decimal digits."]
start = now[]
mp2 = parseInt[out]
end = now[]
if mp2 != mp
println["***** ROUND-TRIP ERROR ******"]
println["Time to parse (w/Frink optimizations): " + format[end-start, "s", 3] + "\n"]
start = now[]
out = oldToString[mp] // Get string representation
end = now[]
//println[out]
println["Time to format (native): " + format[end-start, "s", 3] + "\n"]
start = now[]
out = "$mp" // Get string representation using automatically-selected algo.
end = now[]
//println[out]
println["Time to format (w/automatic algorithm): " + format[end-start, "s", 3] + "\n"]
start = now[]
mp3 = newJava["java.math.BigInteger", [out]]
end = now[]
//println[out]
println["Time to parse (native): " + format[end-start, "s", 3] + "\n"]
if mp3 != mp
println["***** ROUND-TRIP ERROR ******"]
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