[52234] in Cypherpunks
RE: Java bignum package
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hal)
Sat Mar 16 11:02:39 1996
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 07:59:14 -0800
From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
> Does Java have a run-time way to do
> #if_exists library_X
> foo = library_X.method_a(bar, baz)
> #else
> foo = library_Y.method_a(bar, baz)
> #endif
> or equivalent? This would let you distribute a slow pure-java library
> that's compatible to a native-mode library and use whichever you need.
Bill is referring to an announcement I made elsewhere about a bignum
package I am working on in Java. Take a look at <URL:
http://www.portal.com/~hfinney/bignum/bigarithtest.html> to play with a
little interactive "calculator" I made with it. You need a Java enabled
browser to use it.
I think Bill's idea is a good one but I will discuss it further on
coderpunks since it gets into some technical aspects of Java that may not
be of general interest.
Hal
