"Simpler" bigfloat and complex bigfloat arithmetic

-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----

>I think a long time ago, I talked with Barton about this, and have now
>finally gotten a round to implementing it.
>
>I've written a set of CLOS classes to make working with bigfloat and
>complex bigfloat numbers easier.  It's a new package "NUMERIC" where the
>standard Lisp operations have been shadowed to work with a new bigfloat
>and complex-bigfloat numbers.


Great -- my version didn't use CLOS; I just had functions, such as fp+,
that
did complex float / bigfloat addition. I think I'll have a use for NUMERIC.
I'd
suggest starting a /contrib/numeric folder; eventually, I might have some
extensions.

Barton