Well, to nitpick a little, Haskell is a language standard, and it does not specify a particular implementation for bignums. However, GHC uses GMP for arbitrary precision integers, and I think Hugs does as well. I can't really comment on NHC. http://www.swox.com/gmp/index.orig.html Marco Morazan wrote:

Dear All,

I am searching for documents/web pages that describe how bignums (integers of arbitrary size) are implemented in Haskell. In particular, I am interested in how bignums are represented, the algorithms used for bignum arithmetic, base conversion algorithms, and performance studies. Any pointers you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes,

Marco _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell