[boost] Re: Re: Big integer library

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-29 08:08:00

"Richard Peters" <r.a.peters_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:03e901c42dde$d0463c30$38639b83_at_campus.tue.nl...

| Apart from that, this library is released under the boost license. The
other
| libraries that I know of are released under GPL or have other
restrictions.

which is very good. GPL is like saying nobody wants to use it.

I have some questions. Will it be possible to say

1. typedef boost::rational< big_integer > big_rational.

2. Why is faculty() a part of the interface. I have a generic version of
faculty in some prob&stat code I'm doing that I hope would work
with big_integer.

3. Are you planning big_float? I would be happy with focus on interface
specs and then better implementation later.
    The C++ standard could really use a "big" library and it's always nice
with a version in boost first.

br

Thorsten