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- From: JW1675A@american.edu (James D. Watson)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Q: Library for handling really large numbers
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 20:26:47 EST
- Organization: The American University
- Message-ID: <1771F11F87S86.JW1675A@american.edu>
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- Hi folks -- I know I've seen it somewhere before; can't find it in the FAQ.
- What is the name of the C library for working with numbers that are too big
- to store in any standard num type (e.g., 100 digits, 500 digits, whatever).
- I thought it was "bignum" but all archie gives me are the GNU bignum parts
- for the compiler -- I don't think that's what I need... Would really like
- one that is available on multi-platforms (or comes with source to be
- compiled on multi-platforms) and is free. ;-) Target platforms are
- MS-DOS, BSD UNIX, SVR4 UNIX, and IBM's VM (although I could pass up some
- of those targets if I had to).
-
- Much thanks, in advance.
- Regards,
- Jim
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