[Helper/bignums] Is there any way *not* to use the GMP/MPFR library?

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[Helper/bignums] Is there any way not to use the GMP/MPFR library?

Right now, Arturo's BigNum handling capabilities are based exclusively on the GMP & MPFR libraries, and available only in the "full" builds. Could we replace them - with whatever shortcomings this might bring? For example: https://bellard.org/libbf/ seems like a good-enough candidate. It's small, fast enough - apparently - written in C, supports Integers and Floats + it's MIT-licensed.

Of course, we could just use it for the MINI builds - for its lack of external dependencies. Or use it for both. Or just have 2 different "full" builds: one with the GMP dependency, and one - slower but - without any dependencies. This could get messy, implementation-wise, but it's definitely doable.

https://github.com/arturo-lang/arturo/blob/ce734e7a32c73173910cdf8f533f56be21febe3b/src/helpers/bignums.nim#L15

# TODO(Helpers/bignums) General cleanup needed
#  labels: helpers, cleanup

# TODO(Helper/bignums) Is there any way *not* to use the GMP/MPFR library?
#  Right now, Arturo's BigNum handling capabilities are based exclusively on the GMP & MPFR libraries, and available only in the "full" builds. Could we replace them - with whatever shortcomings this might bring? For example: https://bellard.org/libbf/ seems like a good-enough candidate. It's small, fast enough - apparently - written in C, supports Integers and Floats + it's MIT-licensed.
#  Of course, we could just use it for the MINI builds - for its lack of external dependencies. Or use it for both. Or just have 2 different "full" builds: one with the GMP dependency, and one - slower but - without any dependencies. This could get messy, implementation-wise, but it's definitely doable.
#  labels: helpers, enhancement, open discussion

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Yep Bellard's lib is cool - it has even partial support for decimal floats (which I am a loud fan of).

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