[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18770 - viric - in nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/pkgs: tools/misc/coreutils top-level

[Lluís Batlle]

Right for factor. Only the gmp built version does not complain on
"value too big", and says:
100000000000000000000000000000: 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5

2009/12/2 Michael Raskin <7c6f434c at mail.ru>:
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> Llus Batlle wrote:
>> Building coreutils with gmp, only because it is possible to do so.
>> I don't know the advantage, though.
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> I guess "factor" program gets MP arithmetic support.. Try factoring
> 1000000000000000000000000000000000.
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