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From: Tom H. <to...@co...> - 2010-06-07 07:48:17
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On 07/06/10 07:15, Julian Seward wrote: >> Probably best just to use Math::BigInt then you can do arbitrary >> precision integer arithmetic regardless of the underlying platform. > > Is Math::BigInt is supported as standard in Perl? and also, in older > Perls? Obviously if the build process is going to rely on it then > it needs to be available on all perls we could reasonably expect to > encounter. Since at least 5.005 yes, and if you've got a system with anything older than that then you already have serious pain as that was released in July 1998. Tom -- Tom Hughes (to...@co...) http://compton.nu/ |