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  • From: Paul Leyland <paul.leyland@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [Cado-nfs-discuss] A little light relief
  • Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 18:07:16 +0100
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You seem to surmise that the ETA would decrease linearly. That is not
true. We want the ETA to converge to the real finish time, and I see
above no indication that it won't be the case. Having an ETA that is way
way off at the beginning is totall expected. Indeed, it is computed based
on a linear fit of the computation progress *thus far*, e.g. with the
formula:

I suspect that someone doesn't understand British ironic humour.




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