[GAP Forum] Range of List Iteration

[Frank Lübeck]

On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 11:39:10AM +0200, Frank Lübeck wrote:
>   i := 1;
>   while i < 2^28-1 do
>   od;
>     
>     needs about 40 seconds on my computer compared to 

Of course, I have done the test with:

   i := 1;
   while i < 2^28-1 do
     i := i+1;
   od;

Thanks to all who pointed this out to me.

Frank
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