From 88ec761548b66f58acc1a86cdd0fc164ca925476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SVN Migration Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:09:28 +0000 Subject: This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'PECL_OPENSSL'. --- ext/bcmath/libbcmath/FAQ | 21 --------------------- 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 ext/bcmath/libbcmath/FAQ (limited to 'ext/bcmath/libbcmath/FAQ') diff --git a/ext/bcmath/libbcmath/FAQ b/ext/bcmath/libbcmath/FAQ deleted file mode 100644 index 6499b1cffb..0000000000 --- a/ext/bcmath/libbcmath/FAQ +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -BCMATH FAQ: - -1) Why BCMATH? - -The math routines of GNU bc become more generally useful in a -library form. By separating the BCMATH library from GNU bc, -GNU bc can be under the GPL and BCMATH can be under the LGPL. - -2) Why BCMATH when GMP exists? - -GMP has "integers" (no digits after a decimal), "rational numbers" -(stored as 2 integers) and "floats". None of these will correctly -represent a POSIX BC number. Floats are the closest, but will not -behave correctly for many computations. For example, BC numbers have -a "scale" that represent the number of digits to represent after the -decimal point. The multiplying two of these numbers requires one to -calculate an exact number of digits after the decimal point regardless -of the number of digits in the integer part. GMP floats have a -"fixed, but arbitrary" mantissa and so multiplying two floats will end -up dropping digits BC must calculate. - -- cgit v1.2.1