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Re: Re: Trivial integral freezes 3.0

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• Subject: [mg9894] Re: [mg9888] Re: Trivial integral freezes 3.0
• From: Mark Evans <evans at gte.net>
• Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:16:42 -0500
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Carlos A. Felippa wrote:

> If Full Simplify is not applied, ...  At 10 tries per second that
> would take 2830 years.  No wonder it gets stuck.
> 
> This example, although admittedly trivial, shows how useful a
> variable-typing  scheme, e.g.
> 
>                 Declare[phi,{real,positive}];
> 
> would be.  Not only it gets rid of the branch morass, but it would allow
> full  mapping of number-crunching, user-written Modules to C or C++,
> which can  then be further compiled to machine language.   Full
> competition with Matlab  would then be possible.


I could not agree with you more.  According to personnel at WRI, this is
the single most common user suggestion.  It has infinite merits.  I
hope that the company gets on with this project.

Best regards,

Mark

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  • Re: Trivial integral freezes 3.0
    • From: carlos@mars.Colorado.EDU (Carlos A. Felippa)