Re: [boost] Interest in an arbitrary precision library?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-04 02:41:35

"Lucas Galfaso" <lgalfaso_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> "Joel Eidsath" <jeidsath_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:431931ED.7060901_at_gmail.com...
>>
>>>
>>>Do not agree. You should have ease of use _and_ efficiency. Modern C++
>>>techniques allow for this.
>>>
>>>
>> I was trying to give myself wiggle room, but I pretty much agree with
>> you.  I don't expect anything as fast as GMP, but I imagine that a plain
>> C++ library could still do very well.
>>
>
> Agree, I do not want to compete with GMP on performance, but, without 
> sacrificing ease of use, have the best performance that a fully conformant 
> C++ implementation allows.

IMO, if you don't want to compete with GMP, you should at least allow
the library to be built as a wrapper over GMP.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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