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   From: ruhl@4dv.net (Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net>)
   Date: 16 May 2002 17:38:47 -0600

   Well, they'd have to lose some functionality--or else what's the
   point of GMP in the first place?

perhaps GMP can provide better behavior (speed/accuracy/etc) in support
for a previous interface (if implementors can separate interface from
implementation).

here are some concise notes on good interface design:

 http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/CORSI.html

(see you in orbit... :-)

thi

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