Re: [boost] Yet another bignum type

From: Maarten Kronenburg (M.Kronenburg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-30 18:18:35

"Bronek Kozicki"  wrote in message
> > 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.
>

A subset is a subset.

>
> B.