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

From: Maurizio Vitale (maurizio.vitale_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-04 18:30:44

On Jul 4, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Hai Jin wrote:

> Dear Sir:
>
>   Thanks for your quick reply. Then it seems that I have to write  
> my own version of BigNumber of BigInt.
>
>   I would think it will make boost stronger if the BigNumber class  
> is included in boost library. Jave has it, why C++ ignore it?
>
>

If all you need are bignums take a look at the GNU multiprecision  
library (http://gmplib.org/). It has a c++ wrapper.
Regards,

        Maurizio