what's it worth to write a short program for polynomial multiplication?

Draft 3.. from the abstract..
One of the major advantages of writing computer programs in a
higher-level language is that the programs tend to be shorter, easier
to write and read, and easier to debug. Numerous programs for
multiplication of univariate polynomials over the integers are
available in open-source packages. What is the smallest expression in
a programming language for such a program?...

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/papers/shortprog.pdf

comments invited.


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