RFR: JDK-8323186: A faster algorithm for MutablebigInteger.divWord(long, int)

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 18:01:01 GMT, fabioromano1 <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The method `MutableBigInteger.divWord(long, int)` can use the algorithm of Hacker's Delight (2nd ed), section 9.3, the same used in `Long.divideUnsigned(long, long)` and `Long.remainderUnsigned(long, long)`, to get the computation faster.

Do you have any benchmark results demonstrating the increased throughput?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17291#issuecomment-1881601270