Re: [Haskell] Bignums in Haskell

Thank you for the prompt response. Do you have any insight as to why the GMP library is used instead of another library for arbitrary precision? Also, I understand that Haskell does not specify an implementation for bignums, but why would the developers of GHC not implement bignums directly instead of using an outside library?

Unfortunately, I don't have the answers to those questions; I'm not really a GHC hacker. I would speculate however that the reasons are largely practical in nature: GMP already exists, is pretty dang fast, and is fairly portable. Robert Dockins