Re: [boost] A Boost.NumericAdaptor library to support big numbers

Subject: Re: [boost] A Boost.NumericAdaptor library to support big numbers
From: Chris Card (ctcard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-31 04:36:16

Brian Gladman has produced some MSVC builds of gmp, e.g. here:
http://gladman.plushost.co.uk/oldsite/computing/index.php

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]
On Behalf Of Barend Gehrels
Sent: 31 March 2009 09:24
To: boost_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [boost] A Boost.NumericAdaptor library to support big numbers

Hi Paul,

Paul A. Bristow wrote:
> Yes - Sounds interesting - but the sample compiles - with a blizzard of
> warnings :-((
>
> I've used this gmp.h
>
> #include "i:\boost-sandbox\SOC\2007\bigint\gmp-win32\gmp.h"
>
> but fails to link for me.  (MSVC 2008 Sp1)
>
> What am I also missing?
>
>   
GMP is not header only. You need a win32 build. There are some (but not 
too much) on the internet. I have it from 
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/exact/core/gmp. It works fine but it is not the 
latest version of GMP. Maybe someone knows a better win32 distribution.

Regards, Barend

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