sez [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >On May 24, 2005, at 5:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I've just started to work on a suite of handlers for >> infinite-precision calculations. >Wouldn't it be easier to interface to an existing bigint library? The whole point of what I'm doing with this is two-fold: (a) To have a suite of functions with truly *infinite* precision -- not 15 places, not 45 places, but *as many places as you want or need* -- and (b) to have these functions exist as pure, native Transcript. So: Existing bigint libraries. Do you know of one that has truly *infinite* precision? If not, well, just going from 15 places to 30 ain't gonna pass muster. Not for anyone who needs *infinite* precision. Aside from that, I note that if anybody *has* interfaced to an existing bigint library, they don't seem to have mentioned this feat to the use-rev mailing list...
>Doesn't the Gnu Scientific Library have this stuff? No. While the GSL includes an admirably wide range of functions (and I may steal some of their algorithms...), every last one of them is of strictly *finite* precision, i.e. it's only good for a *finite* number of places of accuracy. See above for the whole point of what I'm doing here. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
