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Re: GSL 2.0 roadmap (one man's view)

From: Gerard Jungman <jungman at lanl dot gov>
To: GSL Discuss Mailing List <gsl-discuss at sourceware dot org>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:45:38 -0600
Subject: Re: GSL 2.0 roadmap (one man's view)
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On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 14:48 +0100, Brian Gough wrote:

> I guess the main point I would add is that
> we have to operate under constraints, compared to LAPACK etc we don't
> have people funded to work on these things the way they do.  So there
> is a question of whether we want to try to change that aspect, or just
> make technical changes. 

This is an important point. But you seem to have it upside down.
It's precisely because we don't have these resources that we need
to use what other people have done, i.e. to _use_ things like
lapack, and make it easy for users to use lapack and gsl
simultaneously, without head scratching.

--
G. Jungman

References:
- GSL 2.0 roadmap
  - From: Tuomo Keskitalo
- Re: GSL 2.0 roadmap
  - From: Brian Gough
- Re: GSL 2.0 roadmap
  - From: Gerard Jungman
- Re: GSL 2.0 roadmap (one man's view)
  - From: Gerard Jungman
- Re: GSL 2.0 roadmap (one man's view)
  - From: Brian Gough

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