From: "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@...>
Date: 2004-10-28T15:30:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Float and Bignum

On Thursday 28 October 2004 02:00 am, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
| Hi,
|
| In message "Re: Float and Bignum"
|
|     on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:42:15 +0900, "trans.  (T. Onoma)" 
<transami@runbox.com> writes:
| |What does Ruby currently use for FP and Bignum? I've been reading a little
| | on GMP and addons to it. Pretty impressive stuff. So I was wondering.
|
| Ruby uses its own implementation of Bignum.  I'm not sure what FP
| stands for.  

Sorry, Floating Point.

| Some suggest me to use better algorithm, or better 
| implementation such as GMP. But I couldn't use GMP for its licensing 
| issues.  If some one comes up with his better Bignum implementation
| patch, I'd be happy to apply it.

Oh. Can't work with LGPL? Is that because of your job/employer?

BTW: I a see lots of other people's programs under Ruby license. Does that 
actually make sense?

Thanks,
T.