Discussion: Introducing new operators for matrix computation

[Andrew Dalke]

Huaiyu Zhu wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 20:24:16 GMT, Garry Hodgson <garry at sage.att.com> wrote:
>>
>>but outside of this thread, we've seen no great outcry of python
>>users bemoaning the lack of cryptic operators.  changing the language
>>for this specific domain is not a good idea.  putting in new operators
>>because they might be usefully overloaded for other specific domains
>>is little better.
>>
>
>That's the beauty of numerical computation, because all kinds of
>applications, from animation on your screen to controlling satallite in
>space to analysing molecular structures to calculating consumer preference
>could all be expressed in the language of linear algebra

Speaking as someone who has been analysing molecular structures for the
last 7 years and animating them for about 5 of those years, I can say
the lack of dot-wise elements, both in C++ and in Python, has not been
a great concern.

                    Andrew
                    dalke at acm.org