[petsc-dev] DMCartesian vs DMMesh?

[Matthew Knepley]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

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> On Nov 14, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
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> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >   Also since Mesh is a generic word but DMMesh is built on Sieve should
> DMMesh be renamed to DMSieve?
> >
> > I don't like that, because no one will understand what we are talking
> about. DMMesh makes sense. I might be
> > alright with DMUnstructuredMesh, but that is overkill.
> >
> >    Matt
>
>    DMMesh is kind of like having a PCPRECONDITIONER


I hear the criticism. I don't hear the alternative. What other word do
people use for an unstructured mesh?

   Matt


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>   Barry
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> >
> >
> >   Barry
> >
> > --
> > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
> experiments lead.
> > -- Norbert Wiener
>
>


-- 
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
experiments lead.
-- Norbert Wiener
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