On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:00 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:

> Now for all the algorithm junkies out there that enjoy a little  
> friendly
> competition, here's the time to beat:
>
>     $ time ./sample 5_000_000 1_000_000_000 > big_sample.txt
>
>     real    30m10.593s
>     user    29m54.544s
>     sys     0m4.736s

P.S.  Taunting each other with fast time readouts is not a spoiler.   
Feel free!  ;)

James Edward Gray II