"Stewart, Robert" <Robert.Stewart@sig.com> wrote in message news:DF2E67F3D097004694C8428C70A3FD690A4FEA6C94@msgbal516.ds.susq.com...
The difference is that Chad's focus on unlimited-size integers and implementing fixed-size integers on top of that base led to poor performance of fixed-size integrals, but doesn't necessarily mean that his unlimited-size integer implementation is inherently wrong. As written, the library may not satisfy your needs for fixed-size integers, but that doesn't imply that it has "wrong internal design" for unlimited-size integers.
For some more "academic bike-shedding", this simply begs the question "is a design for/focused on unlimited-sized integers the right design for a Boost extended integer library"? -- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman