Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-09 22:42:46

On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:33:38 -0800
"Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr." <jhellrung_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>On 3/9/2011 7:19 AM, Chad Nelson wrote:
>> I'm leery of looking at any GMP code... it's probably pure paranoia,
>> the GPL can't apply to just *looking* at code, but I'd rather stick
>> to descriptions to ensure that my code doesn't resemble anyone
>> else's and nobody can claim that I've copied from them.
>
> For the Schönhage–Strassen multiplication algorithm, I found the 
> following paper about the GMP implementation to be very illuminating 
> (and doesn't have the errors that the wikipedia entry has!):
>
> http://www.loria.fr/~gaudry/publis/issac07.pdf

Noted, thanks.

> I'm not a lawyer, but I would think it's fine to base an
> implementation off the description given in that paper.

Yes, I've never even heard a hint of anyone successfully claiming to
own an algorithm.
-- 
Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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