Big Integers Native Snap Library that doesn't use JavaScript

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I had an idea :slight_smile:

Why not create a Big Integer Library that's written purely with Snap! that doesn't use the functionalty of the BigInt in JS

As a learning/discussion exercise :slight_smile:

To set the ball rolling I'm thinking that to avoid accidental corruption of a value into floating point - we'd need to hold a SnapBigInt (as my proposed name for them) as either lists of digits (or a string with an alpha prefix such as BSI123456789123213787391883019801298309281290)

And first goal would be to create a plus reporter, hen minus, then multiply then....????

Any thoughts/ideas welcome :slight_smile:

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That does sound like a great exercise, but bear in mind that the existing library provides exact rationals and complex numbers as well as bignums. (And that these days JS has native bignums.)

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It's just an idea for a learning exercise to find good solutions- not intended to be a replacement lib :slight_smile:

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im gonna do this lol

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:+1:

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