From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8c424d8135e68278 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-21 21:57:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Math Libraries (was Re: Ada2005) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:31:12 -0800 (PST) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1009000646 35554 137.194.161.2 (22 Dec 2001 05:57:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 05:57:26 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <9vvtrf$iqq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18243 Date: 2001-12-21T12:31:12-08:00 --- Marin David Condic ]>, MISSING_MAILBOX_TERMINATOR@.SYNTAX-ERROR. wrote: > "FGD" wrote in message > news:3C236F94.7020101@look.ca... > > > > I agree that linear algebra types such as vector > and matrix would be a > > nice language extension. These would benefit the > most from hardware > > I don't know that it needs to be a language > extension. That starts asking > for something that is harder to do than simply > providing a package and I > don't see an enormous amount of utility to it. Most > Ada programmers would > probably easily comprehend and work with a package > that defined "+" and so > on for a vector or matrix type so I think you could > get the features (albeit > maybe not quite as cleanly) without forcing the > compiler writers to make the > language itself more complex. > Why not add this to the current ACL initiative. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com