Re: Binding to the GNU Scientific Library

["Dr. Adrian Wrigley" <amtw@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk>]

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:24:49 -0800, Jerry wrote:

> Is there an Ada binding to GSL, the GNU Scientific Library? The most
> recent posting on this list about this was 4.5 years ago and didn't get
> a reply, and the GLS site http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/ doesn't list
> Ada, so I'm guessing that the answer is "no."

I think the answer is "no" too.  But I have used bits of GSL in the
past, and I think that a (thick?) binding would be really useful.
I have just used thin binding to the two or three functions required.

And the topic impinges on the question of Ada for scientific programming
that was discussed here a few months back.  Lack of efficient library
access is a major barrier to use in this application class.
So while there isn't currently much demand for a binding, it'd be
a great thing to have to enhance the appeal of the language!
If you do end up binding some parts of GSL, perhaps you would
consider releasing it under a free license?  Even if it was
just a part of the library that was useful to you, it's likely
others would find that useful too - and might even contribute!

Good luck!
--
Adrian