Problem 44784. Project Euler: Problem 14 Longest Collatz sequence(harder version)

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li haitao on 10 Nov 2018

@ Binbin Qi
Why not setting the upper time limit?
What is the running time of your solution on cody computer?

li haitao on 10 Nov 2018

@Binbin Qi
Please print the variable "t" to help to profile.

Binbin Qi on 11 Nov 2018

@li haitao, I have fix the code, and you should see my running time.

li haitao on 12 Nov 2018

@Binbin Qi,
Almost same with you. I tried many times, but could not speed up any
more.
Want to see some faster solutions in the future.

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