=================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 diff -u -p -r1.1.1.1 -r1.1.1.2 --- OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS 2000/01/10 15:35:21 1.1.1.1 +++ OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS 2000/09/09 14:12:13 1.1.1.2 @@ -1,5 +1,72 @@ -NOTEWORTHY CHANGES IN GNU MP IN VERSION 2 +Changes between MP version 3.0 and 3.1 +* Bug fixes. +* Improved `make check' running more tests. +* Tuned algorithm cutoff points for many machines. This will improve speed for + a lot of operations, in some cases by a large amount. +* Major speed improvments: Alpha 21264. +* Some speed improvments: Cray vector computers, AMD K6 and Athlon, Intel P5 + and Pentium Pro/II/III. +* The mpf_get_prec function now works as it did in GMP 2. +* New utilities for auto-tuning and speed measuring. +* Multiplication now optionally uses FFT for very large operands. (To enable + it, pass --enable-fft to configure.) +* Support for new systems: Solaris running on x86, FreeBSD 5, HP-UX 11, Cray + vector computers, Rhapsody, Nextstep/Openstep, MacOS. +* Support for shared libraries on 32-bit HPPA. +* New integer functions: mpz_mul_si, mpz_odd_p, mpz_even_p. +* New Kronecker symbol functions: mpz_kronecker_si, mpz_kronecker_ui, + mpz_si_kronecker, mpz_ui_kronecker. +* New rational functions: mpq_out_str, mpq_swap. +* New float functions: mpf_swap. +* New mpn functions: mpn_divexact_by3c, mpn_tdiv_qr. +* New EXPERIMENTAL function layer for accurate floating-point arithmetic, mpfr. + To try it, pass --enable-mpfr to configure. See the mpfr subdirectory for + more information; it is not documented in the main GMP manual. + +Changes between MP version 3.0 and 3.0.1 + +* Memory leaks in gmp_randinit and mpz_probab_prime_p fixed. +* Documentation for gmp_randinit fixed. Misc documentation errors fixed. + +Changes between MP version 2.0 and 3.0 + +* Source level compatibility with past releases (except mpn_gcd). +* Bug fixes. +* Much improved speed thanks to both host independent and host dependent + optimizations. +* Switch to autoconf/automake/libtool. +* Support for building libgmp as a shared library. +* Multiplication and squaring using 3-way Toom-Cook. +* Division using the Burnikel-Ziegler method. +* New functions computing binomial coefficients: mpz_bin_ui, mpz_bin_uiui. +* New function computing Fibonacci numbers: mpz_fib_ui. +* New random number generators: mpf_urandomb, mpz_rrandomb, mpz_urandomb, + mpz_urandomm, gmp_randclear, gmp_randinit, gmp_randinit_lc_2exp, gmp_randseed, + gmp_randseed_ui. +* New function for quickly extracting limbs: mpz_getlimbn. +* New functions performing integer size tests: mpz_fits_sint_p, + mpz_fits_slong_p, mpz_fits_sshort_p, mpz_fits_uint_p, mpz_fits_ulong_p, + mpz_fits_ushort_p. +* New mpf functions: mpf_ceil, mpf_floor, mpf_pow_ui, mpf_trunc. +* New mpq function: mpq_set_d. +* New mpz functions: mpz_addmul_ui, mpz_cmpabs, mpz_cmpabs_ui, mpz_lcm, + mpz_nextprime, mpz_perfect_power_p, mpz_remove, mpz_root, mpz_swap, + mpz_tdiv_ui, mpz_tstbit, mpz_xor. +* New mpn function: mpn_divexact_by3. +* New CPU support: DEC Alpha 21264, AMD K6 and Athlon, HPPA 2.0 and 64, + Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium-II/III, Sparc 64, PowerPC 64. +* Almost 10 times faster mpz_invert and mpn_gcdext. +* The interface of mpn_gcd has changed. +* Better support for MIPS R4x000 and R5000 under Irix 6. +* Improved support for SPARCv8 and SPARCv9 processors. + +Changes between MP version 2.0 and 2.0.2 + +* Many bug fixes. + +Changes between MP version 1.3.2 and 2.0 + * Division routines in the mpz class have changed. There are three classes of functions, that rounds the quotient to -infinity, 0, and +infinity, respectively. The first class of functions have names that begin with @@ -38,7 +105,7 @@ NOTEWORTHY CHANGES IN GNU MP IN VERSION 2 * Uses GNU configure. This makes it possible to choose target architecture and CPU variant, and to compile into a separate object directory. * Carefully optimized assembly for important inner loops. Support for DEC - Alpha, Amd 29000, HPPA 1.0 and 1.1, Intel pentium and generic x86, Intel + Alpha, Amd 29000, HPPA 1.0 and 1.1, Intel Pentium and generic x86, Intel i960, Motorola MC68000, MC68020, MC88100, and MC88110, Motorola/IBM PowerPC, National NS32000, IBM POWER, MIPS R3000, R4000, SPARCv7, SuperSPARC, generic SPARCv8, and DEC VAX. Some support also for ARM, @@ -54,3 +121,11 @@ INCOMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN GMP 1 AND GMP 2 * mpz division functions round differently. * mpz mod functions now really compute mod. * mpz_powm and mpz_powm_ui now really use mod for reduction. + + + +---------------- +Local variables: +mode: text +fill-column: 76 +End: