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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
>>OK, tell me where to get ready-made DLLs for GMP and LIBFFI that I can 
>>can use on Windows.
>
> Why do you think anybody owes you anything?   The developers of those
> libraries, mostly working for free, make the source available for
> for free.  They are required to make -your- life easy.
>
> Here's a thought - why don't you write your own multiprecision
> library and release it as open source?
[...]

Or he could take a copy of GMP and modify it so it builds more easily on
Windows and release that.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */