Complex Arithmetic Library Wanted

[D.B. Robinson]

In article <665 at ho95e.UUCP> wcs at ho95e.UUCP (Bill Stewart 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs HO 2G202) writes:
>In article <1032 at cybvax0.UUCP> dbr at foxvax5.UUCP (Douglas Robinson) writes:
>>I  am interested in a set of "C" language functions, suitable for
>>linking to analytical  programs,  which  perform  complex  number
>>operations.  .....
>
>Such libraries can be useful, but a much better approach is to get C++,
>which allows you to define your own data types, and overload the
>standard operators to work with them.  Program development is a lot
 ...
>Your programs also run faster because the complex functions can be
>expanded in-line at compile time instead of using function calls.

I have heard mixed reviews of C++.  Yes it seems that it would be a
great productivity tool PROVIDING you have a 32Bit CPU and a compiler
with LARGE amounts of capacity (I've heard of people exhausting certain
limits on the 4.2BSD compiler on a VAX...).  Some of us still have to be
able to live with 16Bit processors (INTEL 8088/86/286) and some of us
even have to live in the small model domain (strictly 16 bit addressing
with split I/D).  Not everyone has a spare VAX in their basement (YET :->).

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