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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use Term::ProgressBar 2.00;

use constant MAX => 10_000_000;

my $max = int($ARGV[0]+0) || MAX;
my $progress = Term::ProgressBar->new({
	name => 'Powers',
	count => $max,
	ETA => 'linear',
});
$progress->max_update_rate(1);
my $next_update = 0;

for (0..$max) {
  my $is_power = 0;
  for(my $i = 0; 2**$i <= $_; $i++) {
    if ( 2**$i == $_ ) {
      $is_power = 1;
      $progress->message(sprintf "Found %8d to be 2 ** %2d", $_, $i);
    }
  }

  $next_update = $progress->update($_)
    if $_ > $next_update;
}
$progress->update($max)
    if $max >= $next_update;