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

[Matthew Knepley]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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>   All libraries suck, but some are useful ...

All libraries suck, it just depends what.

   Matt

> On Nov 26, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> > http://akkartik.name/blog/libraries2
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