Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!silva@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU From: silva@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Victor M. Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Perfect number program Message-ID: <9662@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Wed, 7-Oct-87 09:14:26 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.9662 Posted: Wed Oct 7 09:14:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Oct-87 07:45:33 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 9 You can reduce your processing time in half by just having your inner loop (FOR K=2 TO I...) only go to I/2 since anything larger cannot be a divisor (ie. 2*(I+1) > I ). -VMS-