From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Large numbers
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Mithrandi <mithrandi AT mithrandi DOT net> writes:

> At 12:06 10/23/00 +0200, you wrote:
> > > Is it possible to work with numbers that are larger than the size of an
> > > unsigned long long int in DJGPP? (For example, 99999999999971737666) If so,
> > > please explain how.
> >
> >You make arrays in which each element is a "classical" integer that you
> >treat like a digit (e.g. [0..(2**31)-1]  instead of [0..9])
> >You find 5 programmed models and plenty of links on that page
> 
> Well I found an easy(er) way of doing it that solved my problems perfectly. 
> The Integer class... supports really really really big numbers, and is in 
> libgpp.

You can also use libgmp, which is better supported and probably
faster.

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/gmp31b.zip

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Nate Eldredge
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