On Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 16:12:40 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:16:19 +0200, Vic Kelson wrote:
Hi All.
OK. I'm sold on using D to develop an experimental hydrologic
modeling
code, but I need a sparse linear algebra package. Has anyone
either
developed such a package in D or linked to an existing C or
C++ library?
There are a number of existing free libraries out there, and I
hate to
reinvent the wheel. If no such D library interface exists, I'm
happy to
work on one as a community project, but I suspect I'll need
quite a bit
of help. Is anybody game for such a project?
THANKS!
--vic
I work for an economic modeling firm and we use a lot of D. We
generally
just link against BLASPack or Intel MKL for our linear algebra
needs
(linking C libs in D is really easy).
D's compile-time code generation abilities make the thought of
a native D
solution rather interesting, but it would probably take years
for such a
project to reach the maturity level of existing libraries.
Justin
Alas, I'm working on an experimental code, and if it's a success,
I'll give it away. I can't afford Intel MKL for a free project.
I agree that a D implementation would be cool, but perhaps I'll
just bite the bullet and try to convert headers for an existing
library. Never done that before...
Thanks!
