Re: [Phys-L] I need big numbers crunching

[Richard Tarara <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>]

On 3/22/2014 12:16 PM, Roberto Carabajal wrote:
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> Please, can you recommend a programming languaje implementation such can
> deal with arbitrary real numbers length (no Maple nor Mathematica) in a
> simple way (native) ?
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> Thanks very much.
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> Roberto
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True Basic (now only for Windows) is actually a fast, compiled language 
that handles numbers quite well with all numerical variables being 
handled as 4 byte words.  If that is sufficient, the Bronze version is 
very inexpensive and dead simple to use.  I also recommend this as a 
good multi-level teaching/learning language since you can start with 
middle-school level programs but using the Silver or Gold versions and 
the supplied libraries get reasonably sophisticated.  It is what I use 
for all my work.

http://www.truebasic.com/

rwt

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