From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2005-10-01T08:46:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Simulation / modelling lib?

david@vallner.net wrote:
> Well, another semester rears its ugly head, with amongst other horrors a
> simulation / modelling assignment in store.
> 
> So here I am, wondering whether there's a Ruby library for discrete system model
> simulation, or whether I'm stuck with either
> 
> a) Using the C++ library some professor coded gods know when, which involves all
> the joy of not having a GC helping.
> 
> Or, more likely:
> 
> b) Translating the C++ source of the original library into Ruby.
> 
> Does anyone know about a lib I could use, or would the eventual product of my
> porting be of any interest to the general populace? Since the original C++
> library is distributed rather benevolently, there shouldn't be problems getting
> the permission to release the port.

Can you tell us a little more about the existing library? What kind of
semantics does it have? What sort of models do you need to develop?

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