Is there anybody working on a linear algebra library for D2?

[Gareth Charnock]

On 05/10/10 16:31, Don wrote:
> Gareth Charnock wrote:
>> On 05/10/10 14:41, Michael Chen wrote:
>>> I remember that one of D's goal is easy scientific computation.
>>> However I haven't seen any linear algebra package for D2. My work
>>> heavily relays on all kinds of matrix stuff (matrix multiplication,
>>> factorization, linear system etc). I like D and am willing to work
>>> with D. However without these facilities I can hardly start. I'd like
>>> to have a matrix library of which the API is kind of like Matlab.
>>> Is there anybody working on this or planning to work on this?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Michael
>>
>> I've attempted this in the past, however, each time I manage to work
>> up renewed enthusiasm I keep running into compiler bugs that put me
>> off. My current feeling is I should sit back at wait for the language
>> to mature a little.
>>
>> However, once D does mature there are some neat tricks that would be
>> possible in a matrix library. For a start you could easily build
>> something like ATLAS with all the tuning parameters being passed as
>> template parameters. Another neat trick might be verifying that a
>> matrix is othoginal/unitary/whatever with invariants. Again a static
>> if and a template parameter makes this feature really trivial to add.
>>
>> As for things that aren't vaporware,
>> http://www.dsource.org/projects/mathextra/browser/trunk/blade might be
>> a good place to start.
>
> Please don't. That was a proof of concept, which had a big influence on
> D's array operations and the design of D's metaprogramming support. All
> of the ideas from BLADE will eventually be completely incorporated into
> array operations.
> Basically, right now D has DAXPY and SAXPY from BLAS1, implemented as
> array operations. But it doesn't have anything else at present.
Okay, sorry, I may have somewhat misunderstood the purpose of that 
library, I hadn't really looked at it in great detail, I just knew it 
was a math library.