[ANNOUNCEMENT] big_int-1.0.0 (stable) Released.
| From: | PECL Announce | Date: | Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:22:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | [ANNOUNCEMENT] big_int-1.0.0 (stable) Released. | ||
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The new PECL package big_int-1.0.0 (stable) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/.
Release notes
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+ first stable release
* fixed installation bug during execution of 'pear install big_int' command
- removed unnesessary files from package: regression tests and calc application, based on BIG_INT
library.
These files are still avaible at BIG_INT homepage http://chat.finalcombat.com/valyala/big_int/
Package Info
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Functions from this package are useful for number theory applications. For example, in two-keys
cryptography.
See tests/RSA.php in the package for example of implementation of RSA-like cryptoalgorithm.
The package has many bitset functions, which allow to work with arbitrary length bitsets.
This package is much faster than bundled into PHP BCMath and consists almost all functions, which
implemented in PHP GMP extension, but it needn't any external libraries.
Related Links
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Package home: http://pecl.php.net/package/big_int
Changelog: http://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=big_int
Download: http://pecl.php.net/get/big_int-1.0.0.tgz
Authors
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Alexander Valyalkin <valyala@gmail.com> (lead)