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author: Benjamin Scher Purcell <ben@cbza.org>
date: Tue Aug 25 09:43:32 EDT 2015
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-Squinting at Power Series
-=========================
-
-This code is a translation of the code in
-[Squinting at Power Series](http://swtch.com/~rsc/thread/squint.pdf)
-into C using libthread.
-
-There are a few differences:
-
-* The paper uses a queue of threads to split a series. This code uses
-two threads each with a queue data structure.
-* The paper uses queues of threads to multiply two series. This code
-maintains two queues of values in one thread.
-* The code for power series reversion is based on the simpler formula
-given in McIlroy's later paper [Power Series, Power
-Serious](http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/pearl.ps.gz).
-* Newsqueak is presumably garbage collected. In this implementation
-each power series has an extra channel `ps->close` which is
-used to signal to the thread providing the values for the series to
-free all its data structures and exit. The handling needed for that
-channel likely doubles the size of the code.
-
-I have implementations of the original method of handling
-multiplication and splitting, email me if you are interested.
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+Squinting at Power Series
+=========================
+
+This code is a translation of the code in
+[Squinting at Power Series](http://swtch.com/~rsc/thread/squint.pdf)
+into C using libthread.
+
+There are a few differences:
+
+* The paper uses a queue of threads to split a series. This code uses
+two threads each with a queue data structure.
+* The paper uses queues of threads to multiply two series. This code
+maintains two queues of values in one thread.
+* The code for power series reversion is based on the simpler formula
+given in McIlroy's later paper [Power Series, Power
+Serious](http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/pearl.ps.gz).
+* Newsqueak is presumably garbage collected. In this implementation
+each power series has an extra channel `ps->close` which is
+used to signal to the thread providing the values for the series to
+free all its data structures and exit. The handling needed for that
+channel likely doubles the size of the code.
+
+I have implementations of the original method of handling
+multiplication and splitting, email me if you are interested.