Review Request: BigInteger patch for efficient multiplication and division (#4837946)

[Tim Buktu]

It's been over a year since my original patch, and it's been over 3 years since Alan posted his patch. I think I'll stop holding my breath.

Tim


>/ From: Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhalter at oracle.com <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/core-libs-dev>>
/>/ Subject: Re: core-libs-dev Digest, Vol 68, Issue 113
/>/ Date: January 2, 2013 5:02:10 PM PST
/>/ To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/core-libs-dev>
/>/ 
/>/ Hello Tim,
/>/ 
/>/ Thank you for the updates. We'll take a closer look at this as soon as practically feasible. I have only recently been transferred into the core-libs area and expect to be dealing with the learning curve for some time to come.
/>/ 
/>/ Regards,
/>/ 
/>/ Brian
/>/ 
/>>/ Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:18:01 +0100
/>>/ From: Tim Buktu <tbuktu at hotmail.com <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/core-libs-dev>>
/>>/ Subject: Review Request: BigInteger patch for efficient multiplication
/>>/ 	and	division (#4837946)
/>>/ To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/core-libs-dev>
/>>/ Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP2745F8AA2A40C750C8B0113C63E0 at phx.gbl <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/core-libs-dev>>
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/>>/ Hello,
/>>/ 
/>>/ I updated my patch that speeds up multiplication and division of large
/>>/ BigIntegers. The changes vs. the older patch were trivial.
/>>/ 
/>>/ BigInteger.java: https://gist.github.com/1576025
/>>/ Diff against current BigInteger: https://gist.github.com/1576016
/>>/ 
/>>/ The patch to the unit test still applies.
/>>/ BigIntegerTest.java: https://gist.github.com/1586990
/>>/ Diff against current BigIntegerTest.java: https://gist.github.com/1586984
/>>/ 
/>>/ See the original posts at
/>>/ http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-January/008860.html
/>>/ and
/>>/ http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-January/008875.html
/>>/ 
/>>/ Comments and critique are appreciated.
/>>/ 
/>>/ Thanks,
/>>/ Tim
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