[issue40793] print() performance problem with very large numbers

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

> FYI, printing this 60 Million digit number took about 12 hours on my i7.

That sounds about right: on my machine, it takes around 10 seconds to convert a 1 million-digit number to a string. Multiplying by 60**2 gives 10 hours.

I do have to wonder what you're doing with all those digits now that you have them, though ...

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