Re: [boost] Does boost have a BigNumber class?

From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-04 18:14:19

On 04/07/07, Hai Jin <hjaddin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>   I would think it will make boost stronger if the BigNumber class is included in boost library.
>
See http://code.google.com/soc/2007/boost/about.html

> Jave has it, why C++ ignore it?
>
<guess> C++ doesn't have it because a large majority of applications
don't need it, and the implementation is reasonably straight-forward.
(If difficult to make fast.) </guess>

~ Scott