Million digits of Pi

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2019-11-10 10:32:52 +0100, Torbjorn Granlund wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net> writes:
> 
>   On 64-bit machines, MPFR will reach GMP's limit first. MPFR uses
> 
> s;GMP;mpz_t;
> 
>   64-bit types on such machines, while GMP uses a 32-bit type for
> 
> s;GMP;mpz_t;
> 
>   some size. Now, not all MPFR functions use mpz, so that for basic
>   functions, the practical limit will be the memory of the machine.

Perhaps MPFR should drop mpz in favor of a new implementation, which
could also be more efficient concerning the memory allocation.

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