Re: [Boost-users] GSOC 2011

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] GSOC 2011
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-29 21:02:53

2011/3/29 Rafael González <rafael.gonz_at_[hidden]>:
>
> The first one would be an implementation of arbitrary precision
> arithmetic for C++. I checked the mailing list archives an I found that
> the BigInt project was already taken for GSoC 2007 but I haven't found
> usable code about it apart from that located in the repository of past
> GSoCs (sandbox).
>

See also the recent, firey review of Chad's XInt library.  I would
discourage you from working on arbitrary precision for a GSoC, since
it's a very hard thing to get approved.