At 03:04 PM 2/22/2005, Brandon Kohn wrote:
I'm glad there is some interest. I've already begun implementing it (will be
testing it with GMP). I noticed (I think 3) implementations of big_integer classes in the yahoo group files section. None of them has ripened into a
solid library so far? Or are they just not entirely compatible with boost::rational?
My guess is that no one wanted to put the time in to polish their preliminary efforts enough to get ready for a review. By the way, Michiel Salters has proposed a big integer class for the next C++ standard library technical report. See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1744.pdf It isn't clear to me if his proposal represents actual existing practice, or is just a strawman proposal. --Beman