13.3.00 sr: Bit logic for positive Integers (#bitAnd:, #bitOr:, #bitXor) is realized now.
VM 2.7
16.1.00 sr: working beta version for VM 2.6 with LargeIntegersPlugin and binding classes.
30.12.99 sr: first alpha release with
#+, #-, #*, #/,
#digitCompare,
#normalize,
#bitShift:
operations (contained some bugs).
History
I've just (Tue Dec 7 03:24:43 CET 1999) compiled my first very simple example plugin and want to start with a LargeIntegers project now; goal is
to improve the speed of LargeInteger arithmetics.
Example and timeline: I want to improve the computation of
1000!
(1000 factorial) by factors of
at least 2,
5 would be good,
more would be better;
before the Y2K.
The main implementation idea is to use the current implementation of LargeInteger arithmetics in Smalltalk (as far as possible and convenient, we'll see...) and to convert it into simple Smalltalk and then in a C plugin.
Further enhancements seem to be possible. – Stephan Rudlof