GMP, math library, good question, note my posting showed confusion :-)

On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM Felipe Gasper <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Is that GIMP, or GNU GMP, a math library?
>
> > On Sep 27, 2025, at 15:51, Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Hi;
> >
> > confused about MacPorts GIMP libraries when using C as a library binding
> language...
> >
> > So I have several GIMP-oriented ports:
> >
> > port installed | grep -i gmp
> >   gmp @6.3.0_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-alien-gmp @1.160.0_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-crypt-dh-gmp @0.0.120_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-math-bigint-gmp @1.700.300_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-math-bigint-gmpz @0.1.800_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-math-gmp @2.250.0_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-math-gmpf @0.530.0_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-math-gmpq @0.670.0_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-math-gmpz @0.670.0_0 (active)
> >   p5.34-math-prime-util-gmp @0.520.0_0 (active)
> >   R-gmp @0.7-5_0 (active)
> >
> > So is "gmp" the library or the executable or both? Apparently only the
> library.  But is it complete?
> >
> > Apparently I have several gmp C++ bindings (gmp, gmpc, gmpz, gmpq?) but
> only one C gmp binding (gmp).  So I can get a C++ gmpz binding to work
> great but I cannot get a C gmpz created (please show me how).
> >
> > So, this is why the Pluto GMP library binding is failing; there is no
> gmpz library to bind to (??)
> >
> > I see lots of Perl gmp bindings as ports; where is Perl getting its gmpz
> from?
> >
> > Here's my attempt to build a Pluto GMP binding:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > # clang -c -fpic libpluto-gmp.c -I
> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gmp/6.3.0/include/
> > # clang -O3 -fpic -shared -o libpluto-gmp.dylib libpluto-gmp.o -lgmp -L
> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gmp/6.3.0/lib/
> >
> > # clang -v -mmacosx-version-min=26.0 -c -fpic ./libpluto-gmp.c
> > # clang -v -mmacosx-version-min=26.0 -O3 -fpic -shared -o
> ../libpluto-gmp.dylib ./libpluto-gmp.o -lgmp -lgmpz
> >
> > # /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-15 -v -c -fpic ./libpluto-gmp.c
> > # /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-15 -v -O3 -fpic -shared -lgmp -o
> ../libpluto-gmp.dylib ./libpluto-gmp.o
> >
> > clang -v -c -fpic ./libpluto-gmp.c
> > clang -v -O3 -fpic -shared -o ../libpluto-gmp.dylib ./libpluto-gmp.o
> -lgmp
> > rm ./libpluto-gmp.o
> >
> > Note that I do not have homebrew, but I'm including that to show that
> apparently homebrew is providing a C-based gmpz library (this was provided
> by a MacOS Sequoia (now Tahoe) arm64 homebrew Rosetta Code contributor).
> >
> > So, there's a Pluto RC library (written in Pluto) and a Pluto gmp
> library binding (written in C). My building of the library binding is
> apparently successful, but fails when run with the Pluto Rosetta Code task;
> stating, basically, that the gmpz portion cannot be loaded.
> >
> > I don't think that this is a problem with the Rosetta Code Pluto task
> code.
> >
> > I don't think that this is a problem with the Rosetta Code Pluto library.
> >
> > I don't think that this is a problem with the Rosetta Code Pluto library
> gmp binding.
> >
> > I don't think that this is a problem with my compiling of the Rosetta
> Code Pluto library gmp binding. (Please show me if I'm wrong).
> >
> > I think that there is a missing gmp library code MacPorts port (for C)
> that contains mpz. Please show me that I'm wrong, and if so, show me what I
> should be doing instead.
> >
> > To, me it looks bad that someone gets this to work seemlessly via
> homebrew and I struggle via MacPorts.  I feel like an idiot.
> >
> > Here's the results from running the Pluto task code:
> >
> > (cd Pluto/Fermat_Numbers; ./fermat_numbers.pluto)
> > The first 10 fermat numbers are:
> > F₀ = 3
> > F₁ = 5
> > F₂ = 17
> > F₃ = 257
> > F₄ = 65537
> > F₅ = 4294967297
> > F₆ = 18446744073709551617
> > F₇ = 340282366920938463463374607431768211457
> > F₈ =
> 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639937
> > F₉ =
> 13407807929942597099574024998205846127479365820592393377723561443721764030073546976801874298166903427690031858186486050853753882811946569946433649006084097
> >
> > Factors of the first 9 Fermat numbers:
> > /opt/pluto/v.0.12.0/bin/pluto: ./bignum.pluto:1391: failed to load
> library './libpluto-gmp.dylib'
> > stack traceback:
> > [C]: in function 'pluto:ffi.open'
> > ./bignum.pluto:1391: in field 'init'
> > ./fermat_numbers.pluto:29: in main chunk
> > [C]: in ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
>
>

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