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How constant? (Score:1)

by jplindstrom (594)

Constant time is nice and all, but... how long is that?

How long would it take a hypothetical first generation quantum computer to actually crack the PGP key?
(Choire: ** IN PARALLEL UNIVERSES, IN CONSTANT TIME **)

/J
- Constant time is old news (Score:2)
  
  by jdavidb (1361) on 2002.10.09 12:32 (#13727) Homepage Journal
  
  Didn't any of you guys go to YAPC? Constant time was last year's mantra. No time [five-elements.com] is the rallying cry today.
  
  Speaking of which, did Damian ever release that code?
  
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  J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
  
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