towers if Hanoi comparisson of execution time for C++ and Matlab # disks C++ real, usertime Matlab time #moves required 5 .004, .002s .006064 .0017 31 10 .004, .002 .048271 .034 1023 15 .005, .006 1.463649 1.011 32767 20 .022, .020 53.382610 31.858 1048575 25 .553, .551 1550.113323 1069.65 33554431 30 19.2, 19.0s 52654.64/14.6h 1073741823 31 40.428, 40.265s gave up... 2147483647 32 1m23.777s, 1m4.107s 4294967295 33 2m38.100s, 2m1.585s 8589934591 34 5m3.226s, 4m31.914s 17179869183 35 10m53.562s, 8m56.722s 34359738367 36 20m49.188s, 17m52.626s 68719476735 37 41m39.722s, 36m22.060s 137438953471