Arithmetic without limitations?

[Torbjorn Granlund]

Paul Zimmermann <Paul.Zimmermann at loria.fr> writes:

  > Besides, one will need lots of swap space for computing with large
  > numbers.  That's the natural way; You need to compute with a huge data
  > set?  Configure a huge swap area!  4 Gb (which I take as 4 gibibyte) is
  > not good for huge computations, and really strangely small for a machine
  > with 16 gibibyte RAM.

  Agreed. I have asked for more swap on that machine. If/when I get more swap,
  I will redo some experiments and report my results here.

You might want to wait until the new FFT code is merged.  We don't claim
to handle what you're trying to do well; infact we claim to handle it
terribly poorly.  :o)

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Torbjörn