Boost.Multiprecision GSoC 2013
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
I suggest that you should make sure that you can build a simple demo of using cpp_dec_float type - there are lots of examples, but you should work up your own using some math function. Use a platform and IDE of your choice, Linux, NetBeans, Visual Studio ... Then mail me direct a zip of all your files, including the program output. Bonus points for using Boost.Test ;-) Paul
@Christopher and Paul Firstly, thanks for your replies. :) @Christopher
Before proceeding to the proposal, I wished to explore the project in more details. In addition, please investigate
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On it. :D Please get back to us with any further
questions on these matters.
Sincerely, Chris.
Will do. Thanks for the prompt response. :) @Paul I suggest that you should make sure that you can build a simple demo of
I am sorry but I'm not completely sure of what it is that you actually require. Do you mean something like the example on this page (though more detailed and complex of course?)-> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/multiprecision/doc/html/boost_mult... Thanks.
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Christopher Kormanyos -
Nikhar Agrawal -
Paul A. Bristow