Hi, My name is Nikhar Agrawal. I'm a 2nd year Computer Science student. I'm interested to work for Boost in GSoC and I found the project Boost.Multiprecision really really interesting. Any pointers on how should I go about it? Meanwhile, I'll go through this book:- http://www.loria.fr/~zimmerma/mca/mca-cup-0.5.1.pdf Thanks
Hi Nikhar, Thank you for your interest in multiprecision. As far as I know, you need to consider writing a brief proposal in order to be accepted for the task. So you need to try to look into this. As far as the book goes, yes, please look into it. The formulation of the algorithms is somewhat abstract, and you should check if you feel comfortable with the material. In addition, please investigate <boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp>. This is the kind of programming needed. So you need to make sure you feel comfortable with that level of programming. Please get back to us with any further questions on these matters. Sincerely, Chris.