std.linalg

[SomeDude]

On Saturday, 12 October 2013 at 06:24:58 UTC, FreeSlave wrote:
>
> For these cases we may let users to choose low-level backend if 
> they need. High-level interface and default implementation are 
> needed anyway.
>
> I called it std.linalg because there is website 
> http://www.linalg.org/ about C++ library for exact 
> computational linear algebra. Also SciD has module scid.linalg. 
> We can use std.linearalgebra or something else. Names are not 
> really important now.
>
> Ok, things are more clear now. Today I look what I can do.

There are litterally dozens of linear algebra packages: Eigen, 
Armadillo, Blitz++, IT++, etc.

I was not complaining about the linalg name, but about the fact 
that you want to make it a std subpackage. I contend that if you 
want to make it a std package, it must be nearly perfect, i.e 
better performing than ALL the other alternatives, even the C++ 
ones, and that it's really good as an API. Else it will be 
deprecated because someone will have made a better alternative.

Given the number of past tries, I consider this project is very 
likely doomed to failure. So no std please.