~ chicken-core (chicken-5) f6080d2762b4a007ec19973a87de16effca9f709

commit f6080d2762b4a007ec19973a87de16effca9f709
Author:     Peter Bex <peter.bex@xs4all.nl>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 4 16:24:14 2014 +0100
Commit:     Peter Bex <peter.bex@xs4all.nl>
CommitDate: Tue Mar 4 16:24:14 2014 +0100

    numbers no longer uses GMP

diff --git a/manual/faq b/manual/faq
index b854aae8..b9452e5c 100644
--- a/manual/faq
+++ b/manual/faq
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ parameter {{case-sensitivity}} to {{#t}}.
 
 ==== Why doesn't CHICKEN support the full numeric tower by default?
 
-The short answer:
+The short answer is to use the [[http://wiki.call-cc.org/egg/numbers|numbers]] egg:
 
 <enscript highlight=scheme>
 % chicken-install numbers
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ numbers) are more than sufficient;
 
 - Dispatching of arithmetic operations is more efficient.
 
-There is an extension based on the GNU Multiprecision Package that implements most of the full
-numeric tower, see [[http://wiki.call-cc.org/egg/numbers|numbers]].
-
 
 ==== Does CHICKEN support native threads?