Re: integer-simple by default

As another data point, Python has also re-invented the GMP wheel, likely for the same licensing reasons. They have been using a simple implementation of Karatsuba multiplication for years. I have never heard of anyone complaining about it

Thanks for the data point. Looks like they swapped out their integer implementation for Python3: http://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-discuss/2008-November/003434.html Here's the code from January 30, 2010: http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/longobject.c?view=markup More data points: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary-precision_arithmetic -Greg