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Re: guile & r5rs

To: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@nada.kth.se>
Subject: Re: guile & r5rs
From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
Date: 24 Nov 1998 17:21:59 -0500
Cc: hjstein@bfr.co.il (Harvey J. Stein), Jean-Paul Roy <roy@unice.fr>, guile@cygnus.com
References: <m2hfw7mtxb.fsf@kamysh.materials.kiev.ua> <364A90FA.1C2E@unice.fr><wwnbtm0p4ew.fsf@totoro.red-bean.com><m2u2zr6gpe.fsf@blinky.bfr.co.il><wwnsofbo8pn.fsf@totoro.red-bean.com><m2u2zqakox.fsf@blinky.bfr.co.il> <m2r9uuahoe.fsf@blinky.bfr.co.il><wwn7lwmmi3n.fsf@totoro.red-bean.com><xy7ww4ljnlv.fsf@mdj.nada.kth.se>


> > 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?

It's already on the idea list.  It just takes someone with the time
and energy to do it.

References:
- guile & r5rs
  - From: Valentin Kamyshenko <val@kamysh.materials.kiev.ua>
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: Jean-Paul Roy <roy@unice.fr>
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: hjstein@bfr.co.il (Harvey J. Stein)
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: hjstein@bfr.co.il (Harvey J. Stein)
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: hjstein@bfr.co.il (Harvey J. Stein)
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
- Re: guile & r5rs
  - From: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@nada.kth.se>

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