Re: gp2c

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:30:53AM +0200, Rampal S Etienne wrote:
> I am using the Windows version of PARI/GP. I would like to make my
> PARI/GP programs faster. I understand that this can be done by using
> GP2C. How do I do this? Do I need to have a C-compiler installed or is
> there a possibility to do this online? 

You need to install cygwin or colinux to get a C development environment
supported by GP2C.

> I have written several
> PARI/GP-functions that are called from my GP-script using read. Can GP2C
> handle this?

Yes, but only if you use \r to load them, and not read().

> P.S. Are newer version of PARI/GP faster than older ones?

Yes.

Cheers,
Bill.