dtutor.org: a call to action

[Kirill]

bah, sorry for poor grammar. I forgot there is no edit or delete 
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On Sunday, 5 May 2013 at 22:03:17 UTC, Kirill wrote:
> Numerical simulations content suggestion.
>
> Depending on time, I would like to do it at some point but just 
> in case, i'll leave it here. I think people from scientific 
> community would agree. I'm also for problem specific approach 
> that can be deconstructed into tools rather than giving people 
> tools. basically, a high school student should be able to 
> figure out everything from starting an editor to getting an eps 
> of gnuplot.
>
> 1. sample uses on clusters mpi or new hpx. monte-carlo 
> calculation of an area of a circle.
>
> 2. numerical recipies covers a lot of common problems in 
> science. it would be a nice guide on what to include. (giving 
> reference to the book of course). it should also be used to 
> show a correct style of programming.
>
> 3. wolfram mathematica, matlab and sage already did a good job 
> of finding and documenting showcases of popular numerical 
> computations.
>
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> web interface:
>
> it would be nice to see the same tutorial for different 
> paradigms of programming -- click a button for functional or 
> for object oriented and so on. figuring out paradigms was the 
> hardest part for me in learning c++.