[Ecls-list] Example of: The Gnu Multiprecision library for fast bignum operations.

[Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll]

On Saturday 14 December 2002 18:27, Armin Roehrl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 	I am new to ecl and don't see the obvious.
>
> Could s.b. email me a 3-line snipplet of how to use the
> multiprecision library?
> S.th. like adding two numbers should be enough to
> get me going.

Ummm, something like this?

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The three numbers which are presented here exceed the size of integers for a 
32-bit architecture, and they are, therefore, implemented using the GMP 
library. However, the user needs not know this: you just work with integer 
numbers and ECL decides whether to manipulate them as GMP integers or not.

Juanjo