From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17771 invoked by alias); 2 Oct 2002 19:32:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 17764 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2002 19:32:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blueyonder.co.uk) (195.188.53.121) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 2 Oct 2002 19:32:14 -0000 Received: from pcow035o.blueyonder.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:32:13 +0100 Received: from localhost (unverified [80.192.69.32]) by pcow035o.blueyonder.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.9) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:32:13 +0100 Received: by network-theory.co.uk via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.102) for rgb@phy.duke.edu; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:27:00 +0100 (BST) From: Brian Gough MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15771.18564.426123.820127@debian> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:32:00 -0000 To: "Robert G. Brown" Cc: Gert Van den Eynde , gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Laguerre Polynomial overflow... In-Reply-To: References: <20021002090340.413f6a83.gvdeynde@sckcen.be> X-SW-Source: 2002-q4/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 Robert G. Brown writes: > BTW, the GSL is a fabulous toolset and I don't mean to sound critical at > all. NR sucks (yes, I've read the rant, and then there is the > strangulation noose -- I mean "copyright"). I'd like to contribute, if > I ever have the chance. For example, I have (somewhere, I'd have to dig > it out) a C translation of Forsythe, Malcom and Moler's "QUANC8" (8 > panel Newton-Cotes quadrature) if that is of interest. I'm not really a > computer scientist, but I've done a lot of numerical computations over > the last decade or two. The other thing I might be able to contribute > is at least simple genetic optimization algorithms and (if I could > figure out how to frame them) neural network algorithms, as this is one > of the things I do. Thanks. Information for developers is available in the TODO and HACKING files in gsl cvs at http://sources.redhat.com/gsl The design document doc/gsl-design.texi at the same location is also useful reading. Brian