From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-12T18:00:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Matrix

Michael Ulm wrote:

/ ...

>> I think the writers of the Matrix class realized this, and didn't bother
>> to include an assignment operator on the ground that it wouldn't have any
>> general utility.
>> 
> 
> Then they would have been wrong. The lack of the []= operator has been a
> major PITA for me, as I often need matrix functions (FWIW I'm a
> mathematician, working on applications of artificial inteligence).
> The implementations of many higher level matrix operations needs the
> assignment operator. Try implementing a SVD algorithm without it.

In Ruby, it's trivial to add it.

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Paul Lutus
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