Talk:Square root by hand

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Weaknesses of initial VB.NET algorithm

1. Depends on BigIntegers, which start consuming a considerable amount of memory as the number of digits escalates. 2. Computes and checks 1 to ten "next" digits (average 5?) instead of predicting a guess, then checking it once or twice.

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