From: Brian H. <bh...@sp...> - 2003-09-20 15:29:28
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Nicolas Cannasse wrote: > > Here's my take on this: the bitset library should be merged with the > > bigint library, and the whole kit and kaboodle should be built on top of > > GMP for performance (especially the bigint stuff). This necessitates > > extending GMP. I have some code written that I need to clean up and > > submit to the GMP group, and then I need to look at hosting GMP from > > Ocaml. > > Uhm, maybe that's a little bit far from ExtLib objectives. > ExtLib should be small, and no contains any C code (because then > installation / dependencies etc... are starting being really a big > problem ). > I you need a very efficient bitset, then of course you can write and provide > a standalone library for this purpose, but ExtLib bitset should be enough > for most of the users. Good point. Another good point just occurred to me. Even assuming I submit the GMP code today (highly unlikely), and it's accepted, it won't show up in GMP until the next major release cycle, which won't show up in distros until their next major release cycle, etc. I.e. it's going to be 12-24 months at least before the GMP support is widely enough available to be able to build the next level on top of. I'd rather not hold up ExtLib that long :-). Objection withdrawn. > Ok, waiting 'till done :) Thanks. Brian |