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@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ iterations this approach requires relative to Listing 10.1 depends
heavily on the values of iL and iS, so it's not always faster, but, as
Table 10.1 indicates, Listing 10.2 is generally much better code.
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**Figure 10.2**  *Using repeated subtraction algorithm to find a GCD.*
![**Figure 10.2**  *Using repeated subtraction algorithm to find a GCD.*](images/10-02.jpg)
Listing 10.2 is a far graver misstep than Listing 10.1, for all that
it's faster. Listing 10.1 is obviously a hacked-up, brute-force
@ -98,8 +97,7 @@ especially for large numbers (and imagine if we were working with large
![](images/i.jpg) *Had I been implementing GCD determination without Sedgewick's help, I would surely not have settled for Listing 10.1—but I might well have ended up with Listing 10.2 in my enthusiasm over the "brilliant" discovery of subtracting the lesser Using Euclid's algorithm to find a GCD number from the greater. In a commercial product, my lack of patience and discipline could have been costly indeed.*
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**Figure 10.3**  *Using Euclid's algorithm to find a GCD.*
![**Figure 10.3**  *Using Euclid's algorithm to find a GCD.*](images/10-03.jpg)
Give your mind time and space to wander around the edges of important
programming problems before you settle on any one approach. I titled