Talk:Isqrt (integer square root) of X: Difference between revisions

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Just a reminder, the task is not to compute square roots in any way, it is to implement the quadratic residue method of computing the square root. --[[User:Enter your username|Enter your username]] ([[User talk:Enter your username|talk]]) 09:33, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

: Yes, I couldn't agree more!   I   (the Rosetta Code task's author)   was thinking about flagging it as incorrect for a multitude of reasons   (but I have not for various reasons that be not mentioned):

::*   It says there is already a task that covers ''exactly'' this operation, but it is not even close to this task's square root method (quadratic residue).

::*   It offers no solution, but a comment that says to see something else instead of entering a programming solution.

::*   It proposes to point to another solution, but that solution does not use the required quadratic residue method, nor does it only use integer arithmetic.

::*   It does not provide   any   programming solution nor any output as per the task's requirement.

: Maybe something like:

{{incorrect|Raku| In the task's preamble, it states:

''For this task,   the integer square root of a non─negative number will be computed using a version of quadratic residue, ... ''

''Please include a programming example that uses the shown pseudo-code to compute the integer square root of   X.'' }}

L I was hoping someone (maybe some other Rosetta Code administrator) would eventually notice and provide a remedy and possibly take some action.