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Subject: Re: What about big integers in Ada 2005?
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jtg:

> When I started to learn Ada, one of the most interesting features for me
> was the possibility to declare integer type of the specified range.
> I imagined that the integer type may be of any size.
> However, several years later I needed big integers and I was
> disappointed - Ada95 does not support integers of ANY size,
> it can support only those integers that are supported
> by the processor, or smaller.
>
> Does Ada 2005 support big integers?
> Where can I learn how to use them?

Big integers are special beasts that have to be treated
differently than "normal" integers because they can have
an arbitrary size in memory and require a specific handling
not foreseen in "normal" processors.

However big integers are doable and available in every Ada version;
on the following site you'll find a bunch of downloadble packages:

http://www.chez.com/bignumber/

BTW, the freshest version of my multi-precision integers are
in mathpaqs.zip on my Ada page below.
HTH
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