GCD in standard library?

[Erik Max Francis]

[I already replied to this by email since it wasn't clear that it was
cc'd to the newsgroup/list.]

Blake Garretson wrote:

> Right.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but the recursive version
> appears
> faster.  Here's my little test:

You've only done one trial each, so this really doesn't say much.  Other
effects (such as load or caching) can easily swamp these results. 
Instead you should be running with very large test numbers and run the
test many, many times (like hundreds of thousands or millions).

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