Re: [boost] Yet another bignum type

From: Bronek Kozicki (brok_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-30 07:34:15

Quoting Maarten Kronenburg <M.Kronenburg_at_[hidden]>:
> In my opinion software design is not mathematical proof that one design is
> better than another, but there is the mathematical fact that the set of
> unsigned integers is a subset of the integers, and the set of modular
> integers is a subset of the integers.

You missed the fact that definition of mathematical set and subset is
significantly different from definition of set and subset in software design.
Most importantly, later one depends on indended use.

B.