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Idiom #74 Compute GCD

Compute the greatest common divisor x of big integers a and b. Use an integer type able to handle huge numbers.

const gcd = (a, b) => b === 0 ? a : gcd (b, a % b)

Warning: This implementation is not the most efficient. Figure out a more efficient way to do this if you're up for it!
#include <gmp.h>
mpz_t _a, _b, _x;
mpz_init_set_str(_a, "123456789", 10);
mpz_init_set_str(_b, "987654321", 10);
mpz_init(_x);

mpz_gcd(_x, _a, _b);
gmp_printf("%Zd\n", _x);

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