On 5 Aug 2000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> This and other RFCs are available on the web at
> http://tmtowtdi.perl.org/rfc/
>
> =head1 TITLE
>
> Integrate BigInts (and BigRats) Support Tightly With The Basic Scalars
>
> Either include (if there is a bigint library with the appropriate
> features and licensing) a bigint library or implement one.
>
GMP (http://www.swox.com/gmp) is the obvious one but it uses
the LGPL and I believe the current feeling is that LGPL will not be
allowed by default (but could be a configure question if the library is
already available). It's fast and portable (MacOS, Cray...)
Math::GMP is the related CPAN module. At the very least GMP/Math::GMP
might want to be in the references.
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Tim Jenness
JCMT software engineer/Support scientist
http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/~timj
