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# This file contains product information that can be used by
# KingFisher 2.0 and other similar tools.
.name
gmp
.fullname
GNU arbitrary precision arithmetic library
.type
Library
.short
Arbitrary precision math, Amiga src+diff
.description
GNU MP is a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on
signed integers and rational numbers. It has a rich set of functions,
and the functions have a regular interface.
The author has tried to make these functions as fast as possible, both
for small operands and for huge operands. The speed is achieved by
using fullwords as the basic arithmetic type, by using fast
algorithms, by defining inline assembler for mixed sized
multiplication and division (i.e 32*32->64 bit multiplication and
64/32->32,32 bit division), and by hacking the code with emphasis on
speed (and not simplicity and elegance).
The speed of GNU MP is about 5 to 100 times that of Berkeley MP for
small operands. The speed-up increases with the operand sizes for
certain operations, for which GNU MP has asymptotically faster
algorithms.
This archive contains the Amiga source and diffs that were applied
to the baseline FSF distribution to generate the Amiga source.
.version
1.3.2
.author
Torbjorn Granlund
.distribution
GNU Public License
.described-by
Fred Fish (fnf@fishpond.cygnus.com)