Re: [math] matters of copyright

2003-06-06 Thread DavidNeuer
I am NOT, I repeat, NOT knowledgeable at all about existing implementations of maths algorithms (or algorithms in most other domains, for that matter). Nor am I a lawyer. I'm just a developer w/ a certain degree (how small a degree is not certain) of understanding of copyright and software lice

[Validator] Re: Validator patch

2003-06-06 Thread DavidNeuer
The patch came w/ a mod to the example which demonstrates it working, and after the patch all existing tests passed (there have been several modifications to the Validator tree in Jakarta CVS since the patch, I haven't syched and run the tests again -- I cannot for the life of me imagine it bre

RE: [COLLECTIONS] FastHashMap performance

2003-06-04 Thread DavidNeuer
>From "Java theory and practice: Urban performance legends" (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp04223.html?ca=dnt-416): "First of all, microbenchmarks rarely measure what you think they're measuring. In the presence of dynamic compilation, you have no idea what bytecode the JVM

Re: [math] matters of copyright

2003-06-04 Thread DavidNeuer
--- Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The dodgy bit is that someone > else who did the same > derivation and ended up with a similar > implementation (e.g. NR) might > claim > ownership of the algorithm itself. This is why the > limitation expressed > in the > NR copyright statement is

Re: [validator] PATCH - add switch to Validator.java to allow filtering outsuccess results

2003-05-27 Thread DavidNeuer
Can do, though perhaps http://jakarta.apache.org/site/source.html#Patches should be updated to reflect that. Dave "David Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/27/2003 01:04 PM Please respond to "Jakarta Commons Developers List" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:

Re: [validator] PATCH - add switch to Validator.java to allow filtering outsuccess results

2003-05-27 Thread DavidNeuer
OK, let's try the inline approach; patch follows: Index: validator/src/example/org/apache/commons/validator/example/ValidateExample.java === RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-commons/validator/src/example/org/apache/commons/validato

[validator] PATCH - add switch to Validator.java to allow filtering outsuccess results

2003-05-27 Thread DavidNeuer
Hi all (special shout out to Alex Chaffee!), Here's a patch we have applied to our local tree to allow filtering out success results (is there a use case for knowing that your input *did* pass validation rules that wouldn't be better handled by trace debugging? No new is good news...) AFAICT, it

Re: [math] ACM license

2003-05-27 Thread DavidNeuer
> "Mark R. Diggory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires > >a fee and/or specific permission. > > > Basically what this is saying is "talk to us". ACM > is suggesting > involvement and acknowledgment of their efforts in > organizing and > archiving these a