Re: [boost] ublas vs. multidimensional

From: Ronald Garcia (garcia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-02 11:36:36

Toon Knapen <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>There are two classes of `matrix` libraries. There are the n-dimenional 
>matrix or tensor libs (like Blitz++) and linear algebra libs (like MTL and 
>ublas). 
>Joerg and Jeremy are in a better position to comment on this but AFAIK it's 
>almost impossible to have an optimal linear algebra lib that can also handle 
>multi-dimensional matrices.
>  
>
A linear algebra library and an n-dimensional array library are 
essentially different beasts.
For a lucid explanation of this, see:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1146977

ron