From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id NAA08594; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:07:45 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA08030 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:07:44 +0100 (MET) Received: from fallback01.mail.atl.earthlink.net (fallback01.mail.atl.earthlink.net [207.69.200.240]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id i12C7hv09887 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:07:43 +0100 (MET) Received: from barry.mail.mindspring.net (barry.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.25]) by fallback01.mail.atl.earthlink.net (8.11.7+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i11Ji8u22417 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:44:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from user-0cdfhfr.cable.mindspring.com ([24.215.197.251] helo=[192.168.0.3]) by barry.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AnNUL-0003lM-00 for caml-list@inria.fr; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 14:42:38 -0500 Subject: [Caml-list] Big_int comparisons From: "Yaron M. Minsky" To: Caml List Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Cornell University Message-Id: <1075664556.29371.6.camel@flapdragon.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 14:42:36 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; yaron:01 minsky:01 yminsky:01 cornell:01 quercia:01 numerix:01 mlgmp:01 numerix:01 yaron:01 minsky:01 cornell:01 yminsky:01 keyid:01 int:01 int:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Does anyone know why there's no support for Big_int comparisons? I know that Michel Quercia hacked them in at some point as part of his Numerix package, so it doesn't appear to be impossible. A second question: does anyone know whether the performance of Big_int is now better than it was, and how it compares to the alternatives, such as mlgmp and numerix? I currently use numerix and am considering dumping it for Big_int, in the interest of improving portability and reducing compilation woes. But I want to get an estimate of what kind of performance hit I'll see. Yaron -- |--------/ Yaron M. Minsky \--------| |--------\ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/yminsky/ /--------| Open PGP --- KeyID B1FFD916 Fingerprint: 5BF6 83E1 0CE3 1043 95D8 F8D5 9F12 B3A9 B1FF D916 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners