OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Bruce Labitt
It has been suggested to me to look into OpenCV for some matrix math capabilities. Anyone use it? Can it handle double precision complex numbers? From reading the documentation, it leads me to think it could, if one defines the matrix as double precision 2 channel. OpenCV appears to require

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote: > OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, > which I don't have now. ... Any advice? Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your job effectively. Or if you're afraid they'll terminate you and hire someone else

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
> wrote: >> OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, >> which I don't have now. ... Any advice? > > Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your > job effectively. > > Or if you're afraid they'll terminate you and hire someone else, > seek learning on your own time an

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Bruce Labitt
Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Labitt > wrote: > >> OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, >> which I don't have now. ... Any advice? >> > > Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your > job effectively. > > Or if you're a

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Bruce Labitt
Michael ODonnell wrote: > >> wrote: >> >>> OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, >>> which I don't have now. ... Any advice? >>> >> Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your >> job effectively. >> >> Or if you're afraid they'll terminate you and hi

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 05/21/2010 06:51 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Labitt > wrote: > >> OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, >> which I don't have now. ... Any advice? >> > Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your > job effectively

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-22 Thread Bruce Labitt
Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > I taught C++ at Northeastern and have been employed as a C++ software > engineer for quite a while. One of the books that I recommend is the > "C++ How to Program" series by Deitel. Harvey Deitel was supposed to be > my OS professor when I was working for my MCS degr

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-22 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Jerry Feldman writes: > > The issue with C++ (and other OO languages) is that it is important that > you think in OO. Stroustrup and Stepanov both disagree with this, .cf.: http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#Object-Oriented-language http://www.stlport.org/resources/StepanovUSA

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-24 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote: >>> OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, >>> which I don't have now. ... Any advice? >> >>   Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your >> job effectively. > > It isn't like I can do NO C++ ... Well, more th

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-24 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 05/21/2010 08:22 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote: > However, I don't think in C++. I had the same problem when approaching Java for the first time. Bruce Eckel's book "Thinking in Java" was a godsend for me, and it's fabulously written (for the audience defined as "me" anyway). He's also written a "

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-24 Thread bruce . labitt
gnhlug-discuss-boun...@mail.gnhlug.org wrote on 05/24/2010 02:26:43 PM: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Bruce Labitt > wrote: > >>> OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, > >>> which I don't have now. ... Any advice? > >> > >> Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 05/24/2010 05:26 PM, bruce.lab...@autoliv.com wrote: >> Well, more than once you've made critical remarks regarding your own >> > skills in C++. Since you seem to be in a position where you're being >> > asked to work with C++, I figured it warranted pointing out that the >> > most useful tool

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-25 Thread Bruce Labitt
Jerry said > As I mentioned, the Deitel book is very good, but it can be > intimidating. Has a lot of very good examples, and you can even build an > elevator in your house. Many of the smaller books are nice, and give you > insights on style, but from my standpoint, the easiest way to learn a > co

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 05/25/2010 08:24 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote: > Jerry said >> As I mentioned, the Deitel book is very good, but it can be >> intimidating. Has a lot of very good examples, and you can even build an >> elevator in your house. Many of the smaller books are nice, and give you >> insights on style, but f