> You could make the argument that we're not at a stage where running Shor's alg. on integers is feasible hence integers don't capture the progress in the field

> You could make the argument that we're not at a stage where running Shor's alg. on integers is feasible hence integers don't capture the progress in the field... That's exactly what they are saying, and I'll say it too. Maybe they weren't explicit enough, but reread their comments as "not a relevant figure [to measure current progress].