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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Bruce Evans wrote:

> The mask version is the original 4.4Lite version.  The prime version is
> supposed to be a FreeBSD enhancement.  One would hope that whoever changed
> it did extensive tests :-).

Umm.  I didn't notice it in the logs.  Just curious how many integer mults
by 33 equal a integer mod by a prime? 

Mike Hancock