Behavior of Python ** and % operators with big numbers

Question

When I put in Python interpreter a ** b % c with large a (20 figures) b (4 figures) c (20 figures) I saw that Python calculates it pretty fast, almost like pow (a,b,c). I expect

Answer 1

Today's computers are amazingly fast, very complicated calculations can occur in what seems like no time at all. You need to repeat such calculations very many times to see the delay; I'd start with a million.