Re: [gtk-list] Re: ?feasibility of numerical lib on the top of glib

[Jonathan Mark Brooks <jmbrooks jmbrooks net>]

Thats the idea behind the STL for C++.  Maybe glib can become a standard
container set for C.

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Sergei O. Naoumov wrote:

> 
> > glib has collection of nicely implemented container objects.
> > What are advantages and disadvantages of assembling numerical
> > library on the top of glib?
> 
> The only disadvantage I see is exactly what you stated -- the
> dependence on glib. Some might not like it, saying "well, if I
> want to use your, say, matrix multiplication, I'd have to go
> and install glib." For me, personally, this is not an argument but it
> might be for someone else. I think that there is no need to
> reinvent the wheel, and if there is a good code already that can do
> much of what you need -- use it.
> 
> 	Sergei
> 
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