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From: mtj@ferrari.UUCP (Michael T. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Arbitrary Precision Math Library Wanted
Message-ID: <194@ferrari.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 88 22:14:13 GMT
Reply-To: mtj@tsunami.UUCP (Michael T. Jones)
Organization: Tsunami, Raleigh  NC
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I am in need of a complete set of arbitrary precision rational arithemtic
routines in C.  By rational, I mean numbers of the form p/q where p and q
are arbitrary precision integers.  It should be easy to build this as a 
layer above any arbitrary precision integer package, so that would be fine
too.

Here is what I have found so far:

	1. The libmp (3x) routines from Version 7. 
		These would be fine, but I don't have them. And could not
		use them if I did (Copyright and Moral restrictions).

	2. "VLI-A Very Long Integer Package"
		These would be fine, but they are in 8080 assembler
		for BDS C. This is only slightly better than nothing.

	3. The source for DC.
		We're talking ugly code here. VERY ugly. Plus the same
		restriction situation mentioned above.

So please, if you have an arbitrary precision math package, or have any
advice on locating same, please respond by email. As I might not survive
a trip into the inner workings of DC.
		
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Michael T. Jones			Tsunami Supercomputing
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