On 14/06/16 14:11, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> Attached is an updated version.
> Pages 10, 17, and 21 have been updated.
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:32:11 +0200
> Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se> wrote:
>
>> Ahoy comrades!
>>
>> I have written a paper about libzahl.
>>
>> Too energy efficient to open the PDF and
>> read the abstract? No worries, here it is:
>>
>> This is a technical discussion about the design
>> and decisions behind libzahl, a big integer
>> library whose goal align with the suckless
>> philosophy: simplicity, clarity, and frugality.
>> These are not goals of numeric libraries, tra-
>> ditionally; they are difficult to combine with
>> performance when the performance is dependent on
>> algorithms. Is it possible to create a simple big
>> number library competitive with the fastest big
>> number libraries around?
>>
>> Proofreading and suggestions is greatly appreciated!
>>
>> If I can make it to slcon3 (don't know right now),
>> this is a superset of what I will be submitting for
>> my proposal. So be aware of potential spoilers.
>>
>>
>> Mattias Andrée
>
Hi.
Interesting project. I'll have to invent a need for it just to
play around further.
You may not care, but typenames ending with _t are reserved by
posix.
Also on page 11, the brackets ending the example functions are
backwards.
--
Eivind Askeland <eivind.askeland_AT_gmx.com>
Received on Tue Jun 14 2016 - 20:11:07 CEST