| Chapter 22 |
The num library: arbitrary-precision rational arithmetic |
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The num library implements integer arithmetic and rational
arithmetic in arbitrary precision.
More documentation on the functions provided in this library can be found
in The CAML Numbers Reference Manual by
Valérie Ménissier-Morain, technical report 141, INRIA, july 1992
(available electronically,
ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/publication/RT/RT-0141.ps.gz).
Programs that use the num library must be linked as follows:
ocamlc other options nums.cma other files
ocamlopt other options nums.cmxa other files
For interactive use of the nums library, do:
ocamlmktop -o mytop nums.cma
./mytop
or (if dynamic linking of C libraries is supported on your platform),
start ocaml and type #load "nums.cma";;.