Sturla Molden wrote: > On 27/10/14 13:14, Neal Becker wrote: >> The multi-dimensional c++ stuff is interesting (about time!) >> >> http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2014/n3851.pdf > > OMG, that API is about as awful as it gets. Obviously it is written by > two computer scientists who do not understand what scientific and > technical computing actually needs. There is a reason why many > scientists still prefer Fortran to C++, and I think this proposal shows > us why. An API like that will never be suitable for implementing complex > numerical alorithms. It will fail horribly because it is *not readable*. > I have no doubt it will be accepted though, because the C++ standards > committee tends to accept unusable things. > > Sturla
That's harsh! Do you have any specific features you dislike? Are you objecting to the syntax? -- -- Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion