On Thursday 21 February 2002 22:08, Alex Gough wrote: > This is a slightly confused first attempt at a pdd. I'll start to add > extra details over the next couple of days. > > Is 8 the right number? And can someone who knows how fix the ones in > the repository to have more meaningful file names?
You'll be assigned a number. If it's Informational, as you've indicated in Class below, it will be 'I-something', most likely I1. If you're confused, I think it's because the web page seems to be missing a big chunk out of the middle. It could be my POD is malformed. I'll investigate. > > Alex Gough > ################################################# > =head1 TITLE > > PDD 8 - Big Numbers > > =head1 VERSION > > $Id$ > > =head2 CURRENT > > Maintainer: Alex Gough ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Class: Informational Class: Internals > PDD Number: 8 None yet, but I-something later. > Version: $Id$ > Status: Being finished Status: Informational > Last Modified: $Id$ > PDD Format: 1 > Language: English > > =head2 HISTORY > > =over 4 > > =item version 1 > > The first version is more a description of the state of the art than a > plan for the future. The author believes this is akin to learning how > to crawl before trying to run. Leaving the ground is considered Right > Out with attempts being left as an exercise for the interested reader. > > =back > > =head1 CHANGES > > =over 4 > > =item Version 1.0 > > None. First version > > =back > > =head1 ABSTRACT > > This document describes the big number library, the functionality it > provides and some internal details of interest to people making use of > the library. Some of the areas in which the big number library meet > with the rest of parrot are also discussed. > > =head1 DESCRIPTION > > The big number library attempts to provide a standard decimal > arithmetic and a range of unlimited precision numeric types to parrot. > > =head2 Why decimal arithmetic? > > There are benifits in using the big number library to provide both benefits I'll read the rest when I'm coherent. -- Bryan C. Warnock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
