[petsc-dev] "Libraries don't have to suck"

Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Nov 26 22:04:09 CST 2012


  All libraries suck, but some are useful …


On Nov 26, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Way to general and no example s
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>   Matt
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> On Nov 26, 2012 6:18 PM, "Barry Smith" <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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>   I see the lapack folks  posted the first comment
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> johndurbinn • 20 minutes ago
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> This is all completely wrong.
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> On Nov 26, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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> > Point in favor of evolutionary libraries over the Matryoshka dolls that arise when interfaces are frozen forever.
> >
> > http://akkartik.name/blog/libraries2
> 




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