Hello mark.

15 Jul 04 14:20, you wrote to me:

 JB>> did you use the type "comp"  :)  (IIRC a 64 bit integer type)

 ml> hehe, that one didn't exist way back when i first wrote the program...
 ml> i might use it in a new(er) revision, though ;)

 JB>> did you search or use a function that emits triples.

 ml> nothing other than three loops and the A^2+B^2=C^2 formula... that and
 ml> skipping the one already found... ie: 3,4,5 and 4,3,5 are the same...

Michael Stapleton  came up with a such a function (he didn't claim to have
invented it) when the subject came up in C_Echo a few years back.  IIRC
basically you feed it two integers, some arithmetic is involved and it
emits a pythagorean triple.  If there are some discrete math experts her
they probably know of what I speak.

I should have the source somewhere on my hard drive... but where?

Jasen

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