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From: Schoenborn, Oliver (Oliver.Schoenborn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-03 13:14:43
Thanks for the info Matt. I've checked it out rapidly. It seems quite
comprehensive, though there are some nice features of blitz that don't seem
to be there, e.g. initialization via a list. Has the submission of blitz for
the next C++ standard been considered?
Oliver
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Dimmic [mailto:mdimmic_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 12:18 PM
> To: blitz-dev_at_[hidden]; Schoenborn, Oliver
> Cc: cummings_at_[hidden]
> Subject: RE: [Blitz-dev] Re: maintenance of blitz++
>
>
> Schoenborn, Oliver wrote:
> > I'm asking because I haven't found a library that combines
> the ease of use
> > with power (MTL is latter but totally unfriendly to use)
> that blitz++
> does,
> > so I'm interested in keeping it alive and helping in some
> way to do that.
>
> I recently transitioned from Blitz++ to uBLAS, an ET-based
> matrix library
> which owes much to Blitz:
>
> http://www.genesys-e.org/ublas/
>
> The goal is slightly different from that of Blitz (it's more
> focused on
> vectors and matrices rather than arrays), but if these are
> your interests
> you might check it out. I find uBLAS to be more user-friendly
> than MTL but
> still quite powerful for my matrix sizes (see the Benchmark
> results in the
> Overview).
>
> The main attraction of uBLAS for me is that it is easier to
> compile than
> Blitz. Also, it has been accepted into the Boost library,
> which increases
> the chances that it will be actively maintained. Finally,
> some members of
> the C++ Standards Committee are also involved with Boost,
> which means that
> uBLAS has a chance of becoming the C++ matrix/vector standard.
>
> Sincerely,
> Matt Dimmic
>
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