On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:54:32 +0300 sawyer x <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://metacpan.org/module/Math::GMP > > From the first description line: > > Math::GMP was designed to be a drop-in replacement both for Math::BigInt > and for regular integer arithmetic. Unlike BigInt, though, Math::GMP uses > the GNU gmp library for all of its calculations, as opposed to straight > Perl functions. This can result in speed improvements. > Well, Math::GMP only handles integers. Math::BigInt can try to use it by default (using «lib => 'GMP'» «only => 'GMP'», etc.) and there's also Math::BigRat which uses Math::BigInt by default. There's also https://metacpan.org/module/Math::GMPq which uses the libgmp's underlying rational routines. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Freecell Solver - http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/ Q: I’ll be about 6.5 milliard Terran years next September. — Star Trek, “We, the Living Dead” by Shlomi Fish Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
