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Re: Initial bignum pdd
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From:
Bryan C. Warnock
Date:
February 21, 2002 20:37
Subject:
Re: Initial bignum pdd
Message ID:
0GRX00LR43D0J4@mtaout45-01.icomcast.net
On Thursday 21 February 2002 22:08, Alex Gough wrote:
> This is a slightly confused first attempt at a pdd. I'll start to add
> extra details over the next couple of days.
>
> Is 8 the right number? And can someone who knows how fix the ones in
> the repository to have more meaningful file names?
You'll be assigned a number. If it's Informational, as you've indicated in
Class below, it will be 'I-something', most likely I1.
If you're confused, I think it's because the web page seems to be missing a
big chunk out of the middle. It could be my POD is malformed. I'll
investigate.
>
> Alex Gough
> #################################################
> =head1 TITLE
>
> PDD 8 - Big Numbers
>
> =head1 VERSION
>
> $Id$
>
> =head2 CURRENT
>
> Maintainer: Alex Gough (alex@earth.li)
> Class: Informational
Class: Internals
> PDD Number: 8
None yet, but I-something later.
> Version: $Id$
> Status: Being finished
Status: Informational
> Last Modified: $Id$
> PDD Format: 1
> Language: English
>
> =head2 HISTORY
>
> =over 4
>
> =item version 1
>
> The first version is more a description of the state of the art than a
> plan for the future. The author believes this is akin to learning how
> to crawl before trying to run. Leaving the ground is considered Right
> Out with attempts being left as an exercise for the interested reader.
>
> =back
>
> =head1 CHANGES
>
> =over 4
>
> =item Version 1.0
>
> None. First version
>
> =back
>
> =head1 ABSTRACT
>
> This document describes the big number library, the functionality it
> provides and some internal details of interest to people making use of
> the library. Some of the areas in which the big number library meet
> with the rest of parrot are also discussed.
>
> =head1 DESCRIPTION
>
> The big number library attempts to provide a standard decimal
> arithmetic and a range of unlimited precision numeric types to parrot.
>
> =head2 Why decimal arithmetic?
>
> There are benifits in using the big number library to provide both
benefits
I'll read the rest when I'm coherent.
--
Bryan C. Warnock
bwarnock@capita.com
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