Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-16 Thread Bill Baxter
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Fawzi Mohamed wrote: > On 2009-10-16 11:13:59 +0200, gzp said: > >> language_fan írta: >>> >>> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:04:09 -0400, Chad J thusly wrote: >>> I'm reminded of how annoying it is when there are different libraries for a language that all define

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-16 Thread Fawzi Mohamed
On 2009-10-16 11:13:59 +0200, gzp said: language_fan írta: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:04:09 -0400, Chad J thusly wrote: I'm reminded of how annoying it is when there are different libraries for a language that all define their mathematical types differently and in incompatible ways (all of the Vec2

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-16 Thread gzp
language_fan írta: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:04:09 -0400, Chad J thusly wrote: I'm reminded of how annoying it is when there are different libraries for a language that all define their mathematical types differently and in incompatible ways (all of the Vec2D, Vec3D, etc ever). Also aggravating is w

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-15 Thread Bill Baxter
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Don wrote: > Bill Baxter wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:49 PM, dsimcha wrote: >>> >>> I'm working on some mathy modules that I'd like to eventually contribute >>> to >>> Phobos, or, if they're too niche, to a standalone lib. >>> One that I've alluded >>> t

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-15 Thread Don
Bill Baxter wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:49 PM, dsimcha wrote: I'm working on some mathy modules that I'd like to eventually contribute to Phobos, or, if they're too niche, to a standalone lib. One that I've alluded to here in the past few days is MathExp. Basically what it does is parse/i

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-15 Thread Bill Baxter
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:49 PM, dsimcha wrote: > I'm working on some mathy modules that I'd like to eventually contribute to > Phobos, or, if they're too niche, to a standalone lib. > One that I've alluded > to here in the past few days is MathExp. Basically what it does is > parse/interpret/eva

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-15 Thread Fawzi Mohamed
On 2009-10-14 23:49:07 +0200, dsimcha said: I'm working on some mathy modules that I'd like to eventually contribute to Phobos, or, if they're too niche, to a standalone lib. One that I've alluded to here in the past few days is MathExp. Basically what it does is parse/interpret/evaluate/mani

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-15 Thread language_fan
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:04:09 -0400, Chad J thusly wrote: > I'm reminded of how annoying it is when there are different libraries > for a language that all define their mathematical types differently and > in incompatible ways (all of the Vec2D, Vec3D, etc ever). Also > aggravating is when there is o

Re: MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-14 Thread Chad J
I'm reminded of how annoying it is when there are different libraries for a language that all define their mathematical types differently and in incompatible ways (all of the Vec2D, Vec3D, etc ever). Also aggravating is when there is one canonical type that everyone uses, but it is a poor choice (

MathExp: KISS or All-Out?

2009-10-14 Thread dsimcha
I'm working on some mathy modules that I'd like to eventually contribute to Phobos, or, if they're too niche, to a standalone lib. One that I've alluded to here in the past few days is MathExp. Basically what it does is parse/interpret/evaluate/manipulate mathematical expressions at runtime. Here