Collection interfaces

[topmind]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy A. Ynchausti" <mickeyz at qwest.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.object,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.python,comp.lang.java.advocacy
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Collection interfaces


> Topmind,
>
> > > Please implement code (from scratch) for the following:
> > >
> > > Floating Point Numerical Precision
> > >     default precision
> > >     radix
> > >     machine precision
> > >     negative machine precision
> > >     smallest number
> > >     largest number
> > > Solve Polynomials
> > > Solve Error Function
> > > Solve Gamma Function
> > > Solve Beta Function
> > > Bulirsch-Stoer interpolation algorithm
> > > Newton interpolation algorithm
> > > Spline interpolation algorithm
> > > Langrange interpolation algorithm
> > > Neville interpolation algorithm
> > >
> >
> >
> > Not exactly "typical custom business applications", the domain
> > in which I focus most of my whining.
>
> hum...  me thinks I have been had by vain rantings.
>
> These algorithms/functions are very applicable to reasonable business
> systems including forcasting involving manufacturing and production.  For
> example, if a company does most of its business during the six weeks prior
> to Christmas, an analysis of manufacturing products and inventory that can
> be sold during that period without spoiling is critical, etc.  These
> algothrims/functions and many others can be used to perform some of the
> analysis of sales and production data for managers who need to know
product
> demand, sales, etc., and provide intelligence on how to direct the
company's
> manufacturing and production schedules.
>

Okay.

For the sake of argument, let's say that OO shines if the app is very mathy.

But, what about the rest?

-tmind-