Re: guile & r5rs

[hjstein@bfr.co.il (Harvey J. Stein)]

Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@nada.kth.se> writes:

 > Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:
 > 
 > > What I could really use is a good bignum sqrt algorithm.
 > 
 > I've heard that the GNU gmp library is very good.  How does gmp
 > performance compare to SCM bignums?  Maybe we should switch to using
 > the gmp library?

STk uses GMP.  I think it's faster, but as always, it's difficult & a
pain in the ass to check...

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Harvey J. Stein
BFM Financial Research
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