Big Int support
Big Int support
- Subject: Big Int support
- From: Chad Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:28:23 -0500
Not exactly a Cocoa-related question, but it could be incorporated into
a Cocoa program. Is there a library or way to create 'big int' support
so a number isn't limited to the particular bounds of int, float, or
even an unsigned long?
Occasionally I need to do large number calculations (such as 2^1000
which is equal to
107150860718626732094842504906000181056140481170553360744375038837035105
112493612249319837881569585812759467291755314682518714528569231404359845
775746985748039345677748242309854210746050623711418779541821530464749835
819412673987675591655439460770629145711964776865421676604298316526243868
37205668069376 according to Mathematica), and it would be nice if I
could figure out how to do this myself so I wouldn't have to rely on
Mathematica (which is not cheap software if you aren't in Academia).
Chad Armstrong
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