Re: [Boost-users] Equation idea (follow-up)

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-05 13:52:07

> >> class Equation
> >Should be templated
> 
> Why?

Because people want to use different types. For example, some systems
may support higher precision for long double.

> The idea is that the target users for this toolkit aren't 
> power-users. Quite 
> the contrary: I work with a lot of scientists, and they have 
> rudimentary 
> C/C++ skills. This system would let them write equations 
> without having to 
> learn template syntax or, for that matter, much about 
> function declarations.

I think most boost users are pretty much power-users (for better or
worse).

If your stuff is compatible with boost/tr1 function (and it seems that
it is, just might be missing some tyepdefs), then that's a step in the
right direction.

Sohail