Using math/big (Fibonacci) in Go

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This example demonstrates how to use big.Int to compute the smallest Fibonacci number with 100 decimal digits and to test whether it is prime.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math/big"
)

func main() {
	// Initialize two big ints with the first two numbers in the sequence.
	a := big.NewInt(0)
	b := big.NewInt(1)

	// Initialize limit as 10^99, the smallest integer with 100 digits.
	var limit big.Int
	limit.Exp(big.NewInt(10), big.NewInt(99), nil)

	// Loop while a is smaller than 1e100.
	for a.Cmp(&limit) < 0 {
		// Compute the next Fibonacci number, storing it in a.
		a.Add(a, b)
		// Swap a and b so that b is the next number in the sequence.
		a, b = b, a
	}
	fmt.Println(a) // 100-digit Fibonacci number

	// Test a for primality.
	// (ProbablyPrimes' argument sets the number of Miller-Rabin
	// rounds to be performed. 20 is a good value.)
	fmt.Println(a.ProbablyPrime(20))
}