At 06:51 PM 7/9/99 +0100, Brian J. Beesley wrote:
>For reasonably small multi-precision numbers, Head's method is
>actually very good, if you're working on a true RISC processor with
>no integer multiply instruction.
I started using Head's algorithm in 1981 on my Apple II. It was better
than triple- and quad-precision routines. It has propagated through my
software, and I've assumed that it is still preferable. I probably need to
reevaluate it on a Pentium.
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