[fpc-pascal] Super Large Integer Math Calculations (fwd)

[noreply at z505.com]

On 2017-07-09 04:36, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> Forwarded at request of franco at rhost.it:
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> On Fri, 7 Jul 2017, noreply at z505.com wrote:
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>> For integers beyond 64 bit, or even beyond 32 bit on a 64 bit machine, 
>> why can't the math be broken down into peices the way a human does it 
>> on paper, and then theoretically any number can be added and 
>> subtracted, even if it is beyond 32/64 bit?
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> An alternative unit in i386 assembler and base 2^32 for big integers:
> http://spazioinwind.libero.it/frm/software/bigint.zip
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> Here there is also a floating-point multiprecision unit up to 5000 
> digits:
> http://spazioinwind.libero.it/frm/software/mpcalc-7.4.zip
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> Franco

Would be good to put this on github so I don't forget about it when I 
need it (upcoming projects in Math require some massively large numbers 
to work with)..

Franco is not using Github for this?

The webpage of these projects seems to be here:
http://www.polarhome.com:793/~franco/