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Subject: Re: Ada (GNAT) and GNU Scientific Library
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brian.b.mcguinness@lmco.com wrote:
> I would think that it would be more useful to translate the library to
> Ada
> as a generic package, so any floating type could be used, but of
> course it would then be necessary to maintain synchronization
> with the original version.
Which may not be such a trivial thing to do:

aldar portage # cat sci-libs/gsl/ChangeLog|grep \*
*gsl-1.8 (11 Apr 2006)
*gsl-1.7 (14 Oct 2005)
*gsl-1.6 (16 Jan 2005)
*gsl-1.4 (28 Dec 2004)
*gsl-1.4 (18 Nov 2003)
*gsl-1.1.1 (12 Jun 2003)
*gsl-1.3 (14 Feb 2003)
*gsl-1.2 (06 Aug 2002)
*gsl-1.0 (1 Feb 2002)

Expect two new releases per year on average. If anybody is ready to
undertake this, sure, but I think the more realistic aim would be to
have a binding..

George