Re: [Help-gsl] Question: gsl in C++ ??

[Jigal A]

Actually, the google summer of code is not a bad idea! Perhaps it is
worthwhile pursuing.
Though the application starts tomorrow - not sure I'll have the time for it.
Also - I have found one of those attempts to make direct replacements of GSL
(and CERNLIB) in C++
http://tharkad.pa.msu.edu/~asteiner/hal/html/index.html

However, still, the type is usually double - and cannot be parameterized.
So there is still room for this project....

Regs,
Jigal A.


On 3/13/07, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 13/03/07, Jigal A <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I was wondering about the possibility to turn GSL into a set of C++
> template
> > classes (yep, I know, big job...) where one of the template parameters
> would
> > be the floating point type (usually double, right?).
> [snip]
> > What are your opinion/thoughts about this?
>
> Huge coding job. GSL uses a great deal many C constructs and extensive
> macro hackery to accomplish what C++ does with templates and
> exceptions.
>
> While I personally would love to see GSL in C++, the porting task is
> almost a complete rewrite.
>
> It might be worthwhile to submit at least a partial rewrite of GSL in
> C++ to Google's summer of code programme...
>
> FWIW,
> - Jordi G. H.



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Jigal A.