Re: OONSTD: to early for standards?

Jonah Lee (jonah@mealpha.engr.uaf.edu)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:38:23 -0800 (AKDT)

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, E. Robert Tisdale wrote:

>
> I want to propose a standard for scalar, vector, matrix and tensor arithmetic
> which programmers can use to write portable applications. In particular,
> I want to propose a C++ binding which most C++ programmers will find appealing.
> It should permit programmers to write reliable, high performance applications
> clearly and concisely so that they are easy to read, understand and maintain.
> This standard should serve as a basis for digital signal and image processing
> and other standard libraries.

I agree. There are quite a few vector/matrix type of libraries floating
around for both sequential and parallel applications, all with different
interfaces. It would really be nice to have a standard such that in the
future the need to use wrappers could be drastically reduced.

>
> Bob Tisdale
>

Regards,

Jonah