

2001-07-22 v1.00 Tels
 * First version (basically working with some quirks)
2001-08-06 v1.01 Tels
 * first release
 * fixed all the bugs in v1.00
 * taken over tests from BigInt v1.40
2001-09-02 v1.02 Tels
 * removed auto-export and added empty import()
 * taken over tests from BigInt v1.42
2001-11-01 v1.03 Tels
 * taken over tests from BigInt v1.45 
 * added _mod() for more speed for $x % $y

	#!/usr/bin/perl -w
	
	use lib 'lib';
	#use lib '../Math-BigInt-GMP-1.02/lib';
	
	use Math::BigInt lib => 'GMP';
	use Benchmark;
	
	my $digits = 1024;
	my $x = Math::BigInt->new('1' . '0' x $digits);
	my $y = Math::BigInt->new('3' . '0' x ($digits - 2) . '3');
	my $u = Math::BigInt->new('3');
	
	timethese ( 2000,
	  {
	  mod_l => sub { $z = $x % $y, },
	  mod_s => sub { $z = $x % $u, },
	  div_l => sub { ($z,$r) = $x->copy()->bdiv($y), },
	  } );

	On a 1 Ghz Athlon with v1.45 of BigInt in ops/s:

		v1.02	v1.03
	mod_s    1100	 2350 
	mod_l    1111    2325
	div_l    1260    1300

2001-11-01 v1.04a Tels (never released)
  * _is_odd()/_is_even() use $two instead of 2: 5600 op/s instead of 4700
2002-01-26 v1.04 Tels
  * use $zero,$one,$two etc instead of 0,1,2 ins some routines
  * tests from Math::BigInt v1.50
  * bypass Math::GMP's overload interface and use Math::GMP::gmp_foo() directly
  * added _gcd() and _fac() for more speed in bgcd() and bfac(), respectively

Please send me test-reports, your experiences with this and your ideas - I love
to hear about my work!

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