[petsc-dev] PETSc factories 101 and 102

[Barry Smith]

On Sep 8, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> So you guys are programming in Java-fake^™,  so good luck with that :-)
> 
> Clojure and Scala are pretty good languages. Java being a terrible language does not imply that the JVM (or Dalvik) is a broken platform.
>  
>   Run any good PETSc programs on a Android recently?  
> 
> We should be able to do it with the native development kit.

    I see, multiple different development environments for the Android. Is that a good idea?

>  
> Once Android is destroyed by malware and incompatible versions, iOS will still be standing.
> 
> We should start changing to review PETSc applications before people are allowed to run them. ;-)

   Actually given our petsc-maint and petsc-users, YES we should be reviewing the apps before they are allow to run them. Or at least before they are allowed to publish about them.

   Barry