Totally unrelated, but interisting:

 echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb3135071790101768542287578439snlbxq'|dc


:-)

> 
> on my elc i get:
> 
> splode ~> time sh -c 'echo "2^8192" | bc > /dev/null'
> 2.544u 0.182s 0:02.97 91.5% 0+0k 11+0io 0pf+0w
> 
> oh yeah, i'm running -current (from a couple of weeks
> ago... it's a bit hard to upgrade and be safe remotely
> on a ppp link.. :-)
> 
> .mrg.
>