Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-02 Thread Gilles
On Thu, 02 Feb 2017 09:03:06 +0100, Jörg Schaible wrote: Gilles wrote: Hi. On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:28 +0100, Jörg Schaible wrote: Hi Raymond, Raymond DeCampo wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Gilles wrote: A very important issue here: what JDK version do we target? I'd go for Jav

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-02 Thread Gilles
On Thu, 2 Feb 2017 13:15:00 +, sebb wrote: On 2 February 2017 at 12:35, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: Le 1/02/2017 à 20:11, Gilles a écrit : One aspect is that if we have separate components, they can target different versions (each time answering the above question). People in "Commons" pushing

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-02 Thread sebb
On 2 February 2017 at 12:35, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 1/02/2017 à 20:11, Gilles a écrit : > >> One aspect is that if we have separate components, they can target >> different versions (each time answering the above question). >> People in "Commons" pushing for a supposedly minimal mass for a >>

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-02 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 1/02/2017 à 20:11, Gilles a écrit : > One aspect is that if we have separate components, they can target > different versions (each time answering the above question). > People in "Commons" pushing for a supposedly minimal mass for a > component are at odds with offering more choices to contrib

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-02 Thread Jörg Schaible
Gilles wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:28 +0100, Jörg Schaible wrote: >> Hi Raymond, >> >> Raymond DeCampo wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Gilles >>> >>> wrote: >>> A very important issue here: what JDK version do we target? I'd go for Java8, in the hop

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-01 Thread Gilles
Hi. On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:28 +0100, Jörg Schaible wrote: Hi Raymond, Raymond DeCampo wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Gilles wrote: A very important issue here: what JDK version do we target? I'd go for Java8, in the hope to revive interest in Commons from an audience that might

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-01 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hi Raymond, Raymond DeCampo wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Gilles > wrote: > >> >> A very important issue here: what JDK version do we target? >> >> I'd go for Java8, in the hope to revive interest in Commons from an >> audience that might be put off by the "no fun" of older and soon

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-02-01 Thread Gilles
On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:28:31 -0500, Raymond DeCampo wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Gilles wrote: A very important issue here: what JDK version do we target? I'd go for Java8, in the hope to revive interest in Commons from an audience that might be put off by the "no fun" of older a

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-31 Thread Raymond DeCampo
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Gilles wrote: > > A very important issue here: what JDK version do we target? > > I'd go for Java8, in the hope to revive interest in Commons from an > audience that might be put off by the "no fun" of older and soon > unsupported JVM. I am inclined to go with J

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread Gilles
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:40:06 +0100, Eric Barnhill wrote: I agree the solvers don't seem to be in the scope. Let's agree to defer the decision. :-) The MathArrays are a great idea but could use some rethinking. Fine thne. Could you please start a new thread with some of the things to rethink

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread Gilles
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:30:20 +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: Le 30/01/2017 à 12:08, Gilles a écrit : Ideally, it should be another light-weight component (because solvers are used in so many areas). This thread is about if (and how) we can try and stretch the scope a little, so as to group sever

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread Eric Barnhill
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:51 PM, sebb wrote: > > > Also, there are a lot of basic array-wise operations that might benefit > > from inclusion. To pick an example at random, element-by-element cosine. > In > > fact I already have a whole library of these (very simple) methods for up > > to 3 dime

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread sebb
On 30 January 2017 at 11:40, Eric Barnhill wrote: > I agree the solvers don't seem to be in the scope. > > The MathArrays are a great idea but could use some rethinking. > > First of all there are leftover references to classes like Field that have > disappeared with the larger math framework and

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread Eric Barnhill
I agree the solvers don't seem to be in the scope. The MathArrays are a great idea but could use some rethinking. First of all there are leftover references to classes like Field that have disappeared with the larger math framework and these should go. Also, there are a lot of basic array-wise o

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 30/01/2017 à 12:08, Gilles a écrit : > Ideally, it should be another light-weight component (because solvers > are used in so many areas). > > This thread is about if (and how) we can try and stretch the scope a > little, so as to group several basic utilities in a single component. I'd prefe

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread Gilles
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:49:49 +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: Hi, Shouldn't [numbers] focus only on number structures (fractions, complex) and the basic operations on them? Strictly speaking, yes; but I'm trying to fit more in it than just the obvious, so as to not require many new components (a

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-30 Thread Gilles
Hi. On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:10:27 +0100, Benedikt Ritter wrote: Hello Gilles, Am 30.01.2017 um 02:17 schrieb Gilles : Hi. Anyone has a statement about it? Functionalities that are candidates to be moved from "Math" to "Numbers": * FastMath I just thought, maybe FastMath would fit into Com

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-29 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Hi, Shouldn't [numbers] focus only on number structures (fractions, complex) and the basic operations on them? I'm not sure the solvers fit in the scope. Emmanuel Bourg Le 30/01/2017 à 02:17, Gilles a écrit : > Hi. > > Anyone has a statement about it? > > Functionalities that are candidates to

Re: [Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-29 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hello Gilles, > Am 30.01.2017 um 02:17 schrieb Gilles : > > Hi. > > Anyone has a statement about it? > > Functionalities that are candidates to be moved from "Math" > to "Numbers": > * FastMath I just thought, maybe FastMath would fit into Commons Lang. WDYT? Benedikt (Sorry for OT posting :

[Numbers] Scope?

2017-01-29 Thread Gilles
Hi. Anyone has a statement about it? Functionalities that are candidates to be moved from "Math" to "Numbers": * FastMath * CombinatoricsUtils [1] * ContinuedFraction [1] * special functions [1] * solvers * MathArrays [2] * MathUtils [1] * ... Thanks, Gilles [1] With redesigned API (e.