[Numpy-discussion] multi-dimensional c++ proposal

[Neal Becker]

Sturla Molden wrote:

> On 27/10/14 13:14, Neal Becker wrote:
>> The multi-dimensional c++ stuff is interesting (about time!)
>>
>> http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2014/n3851.pdf
> 
> OMG, that API is about as awful as it gets. Obviously it is written by
> two computer scientists who do not understand what scientific and
> technical computing actually needs. There is a reason why many
> scientists still prefer Fortran to C++, and I think this proposal shows
> us why. An API like that will never be suitable for implementing complex
> numerical alorithms. It will fail horribly because it is *not readable*.
> I have no doubt it will be accepted though, because the C++ standards
> committee tends to accept unusable things.
> 
> Sturla

That's harsh!  Do you have any specific features you dislike?  Are you objecting 
to the syntax?

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