1. RE: bignum progress report
Christian.CUVIER at agriculture.gouv.fr wrote:
>
> Hi the list!
> I had coded routines in 16-bit assembler for big numbers long ago (I
> still think asm is best for really serious number crunching);
Chris:
Why don't you dig it out and use it in Euphoria.
You know that you can use assembler in Euphoria, don't you.
Bernie
2. RE: bignum progress report
Christian.CUVIER at agriculture.gouv.fr wrote:
> Yes, I know, but I'm not sure how the 16-bit thing will be handled by
> Linux/Win32. It was reasonably optimized for my 386/33 (I didn't releae
> this at the time), probably not adequate now. Further, it extensively
> uses direct stack manipulation; I wouldn't try this in ring 3 app's...
> How can I get an address for an Euphoria variable inside an ASM routine
> I call()? Ok, I know, I can first poke() whatever data I need and call()
> the code following this data. Isn't there a better way?
>
> Have a nice day!
>
Chris:
You can use 16 bit or 32 bit (which would be easier and faster )
assembly code. Once you have saved your registers you can
do anything you want; setup your own stack, etc.
Bernie
