Re: [boost] performance of a linear algebra/matrix library

Subject: Re: [boost] performance of a linear algebra/matrix library
From: Kenny Riddile (kfriddile_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-06 14:48:13

DE wrote:
> abstraction penalty i guess

If you mean a language-imposed, inherent abstraction penalty, then I 
doubt it (certainly not 33%).  You can find out for yourself though:

http://www.stepanovpapers.com/AbstractionPenaltyBenchmark.cpp

> afaik boost LA concerns statically sized matrices
> that's not an option for me personally

There is Eigen which is very fast and supports both statically-sized and 
dynamically-sized matrices:

http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page