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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Some sample GMP module operations
+
+# Copyright 2001, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of the GNU MP Library.
+#
+# The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with the GNU MP Library. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
+use strict;
+
+
+use GMP;
+print "using GMP module $GMP::VERSION and GMP library ",GMP::version(),"\n";
+
+
+use GMP::Mpz qw(:all);
+print "the 200th fibonacci number is ", fib(200), "\n";
+print "next prime after 10**30 is (probably) ", nextprime(mpz(10)**30), "\n";
+
+
+use GMP::Mpq qw(:constants);
+print "the 7th harmonic number is ", 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+1/5+1/6+1/7, "\n";
+use GMP::Mpq qw(:noconstants);
+
+
+use GMP::Mpf qw(mpf);
+my $f = mpf(1,180);
+$f >>= 180;
+$f += 1;
+print "a sample mpf is $f\n";