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| From | Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? |
| Date | 2025-09-30 01:03 +0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20250930010319.00002e64@yahoo.com> (permalink) |
| References | <10beov9$383mp$1@dont-email.me> |
On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:08:09 +0100 Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote: > I could knock something up - all I need to do is total a ****** lot > of small numbers accurately, but the result is more than 64 bits. > > Andy If you neeed just a little more than 64 bit then use 128-bit integers. For decades gcc and clang feature a non-standard type __int128. Or switch to better languge. Then you can use standard type _BitInt(128). Or _BitInt(256). Or _BitInt(0x8000). As a general rule, C is a decent improvement on its successor and that is just one example.
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Is there a current best library for large integers? Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 21:08 +0100
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-09-29 15:40 -0500
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-10-07 18:24 +0200
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-10-07 17:56 +0000
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 04:38 +0200
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-10-08 14:02 +0000
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-09-29 15:45 -0500
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2025-09-29 14:19 -0700
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-09-30 01:03 +0300
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-09-30 09:17 +0200
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-09-30 14:02 +0300
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-10-03 15:41 -0500
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-03 17:05 +0100
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Ralf Goertz <me@myprovider.invalid> - 2025-10-06 17:34 +0200
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2025-10-07 10:44 +0300
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Ralf Goertz <me@myprovider.invalid> - 2025-10-07 10:51 +0200
Re: Is there a current best library for large integers? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-09-30 14:21 +0300
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