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nim-stint
Nim2018–2023
status-im / nim-stint

nim-stint

Stack-based arbitrary-precision integers - Fast and portable with natural syntax for resource-restricted devices.

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Stack-based arbitrary-precision integers - Fast and portable with natural syntax for resource-restricted devices.

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Observed mentions: 2018-05-03 08:47:03 UTC to 2023-07-03 21:11:13 UTC.

01232018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2023

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20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110

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Easiest way to start with nim is via choosenim: https://github.com/dom96/choosenim then `nimble install https://github.com/status-im/nim-stint` Unfortunately I didn't have time to focus on documentation but the easiest way to get started with Stint is to check the tests: https://github.com/status-im/nim-stint/tree/master/tests. The casts are there to check binary representation compatibility in the tests and are not needed otherwise. Alternatively you can check: - https://github.com/FedeOmoto/nim-gmp, A GMP wrapper (very low-level/C-like and not updated since 2015) - https://github.com/status-im/nim-decimal, a arbitrary-precision floating point wrapper to MpDecimal (used by python). Unfortunately it's very low-level/C-like at the moment.
In A Programming Language Underdog
I would be very interested in the test suite you used. I've finished my own bigint implementation in the Nim language: - stack and power-of-2 only for uint256, uint512, uint1024, etc), - using recursive types (uint128 = 2x uint64, uint256 = 2x uint128). It is already quite optimized (division using Burnikel and Ziegler recursive division for example), but I want to make sure it works fine. https://github.com/status-im/nim-stint
In Adding BigInts to V8

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