From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2002-11-10T07:43:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Multi-dimensional (like 2) arrays in Ruby

On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 martindemello@yahoo.com wrote:

> I implemented a fixed-size n-dimensional array class in Ruby once
> (mostly because I wanted something that supported multidimensional
> slices), but it was terribly slow (to the point of uselessness). I might
> try it again as a way to learn about C extensions some day.

if one were to wrap some scientifc libraries

  http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/

would be a good way to go. IMHO.

something i plan to get to, next week, or maybe next month, or maybe...

-ara

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