Re: Using the GNU GMP Library for Bignums in Emacs

[Richard Stallman]

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  > Well, for one thing, it's simpler to explain that there are just
  > integers.  In fact after working on the docs for this I think it would
  > be better if bignums were interned so that eq would work.

Simplifying the documentation is often a good reason to change the
Emacs Lisp language.  But it is not automatically decisive.  In this
case, there may be important advantages on the other side too.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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