Re: Using the GNU GMP Library for Bignums in Emacs

[Richard Stallman]

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  > The reason I have made this optional so far is that introducing a new
  > build-time dependency seems like a pain.  However, if it isn't really a
  > pain, then I think Emacs would be better if this were just used
  > unconditionally.

I think it will be even more of a pain to support Emacs both with and
without GMO.

How much of a pain would it be to package GMP with Emacs?

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Dr Richard Stallman
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