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diff --git a/devel/gmp/DESCR b/devel/gmp/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..aefdcccf50f --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/gmp/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +GNU MP is a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on signed +integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers. It has a rich set +of functions, and the functions have a regular interface. + +GNU MP is designed to be as fast as possible, both for small operands and for +huge operands. The speed is achieved by using fullwords as the basic +arithmetic type, by using fast algorithms, by carefully optimized assembly +code for the most common inner loops for a lots of CPUs, and by a general +emphasis on speed (instead of simplicity or elegance). + +The speed of GNU MP is believed to be faster than any other similar library. +The advantage for GNU MP increases with the operand sizes for certain +operations, since GNU MP in many cases has asymptotically faster algorithms. |