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Because it’s a cool piece of technology, and this is a place for computer professionals? if you can’t appreciate GNU MPFR, you might be hanging out at the wrong
by OskarS 4y ago
Because it’s a cool piece of technology, and this is a place for computer professionals? if you can’t appreciate GNU MPFR, you might be hanging out at the wrong place
- travisgriggs 4y agoMaybe the GP is being satirical. Maybe he was asking “why is this on HN without a reference to doing it in Rust” or one of the other commonly repeated threads on HN. I personally wish more of HN were actually this kind of thing; less about another web tech piece that will be absolute in 3 months anyway. But hey variety is good and it takes all kinds of us and all kinds of what we all do.
- jhgb 4y agoMy thought was "I'd expect the average HN reader to be already familiar with foundational libraries". GMP and MPFR are pretty much one step above glibc in terms of how basic/widespread they should be.