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| author | Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org> | 2012-07-13 22:27:24 +0300 |
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| committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2012-07-14 00:49:08 -0700 |
| commit | b0c35ecd4ba4b021e8091f3efe43f1f33cb62883 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f92bee2a2cd640d29a70fc3d70c4c00c838aca1 | |
| parent | 08fdcd99d1967d0b5c06e2e780025fc7146b416c (diff) | |
| download | perl-b0c35ecd4ba4b021e8091f3efe43f1f33cb62883.tar.gz | |
Update perlop's bignum modules list.
Removed some out-of-date modules and add Math::GMPq, Math::GMPz and
Math:GMPf.
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlop.pod | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index 508853a20c..33d1845f65 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -3227,17 +3227,18 @@ provide faster implementations via external C libraries. Here is a short, but incomplete summary: - Math::Fraction big, unlimited fractions like 9973 / 12967 Math::String treat string sequences like numbers Math::FixedPrecision calculate with a fixed precision Math::Currency for currency calculations Bit::Vector manipulate bit vectors fast (uses C) Math::BigIntFast Bit::Vector wrapper for big numbers Math::Pari provides access to the Pari C library - Math::BigInteger uses an external C library - Math::Cephes uses external Cephes C library (no big numbers) + Math::Cephes uses the external Cephes C library (no big numbers) Math::Cephes::Fraction fractions via the Cephes library Math::GMP another one using an external C library + Math::GMPz an alternative interface to libgmp's big ints. + Math::GMPq an interface to libgmp's fraction numbers. + Math::GMPf an interface to libgmp's floating point numbers. Choose wisely. |