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		rwwiv on May 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing an RPC from Scratch (2021) It does use sqrt(number), just not directly. Instead of taking sqrt(number), it just calculates i*i which is much faster.

stevekemp on May 2, 2023 [–]

D'oh, you're 100% correct!

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