From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...>
Date: 2003-11-20T03:50:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Multi-dimensioned sparse array ?

Bob Gustafson wrote:

>There is a lot of work already done on sparse matrix computer math.
>
>See for example
>
>http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~saad/software/SPARSKIT/sparskit.html
>
>That code could be translated to Ruby, or, to retain speed, the
>'C' or Fortran code could be wrapped with a Ruby interface.
>
>Whatever works.
>
>BobG
>
>...
>
Thanks for the link.  Whee!  Fortran.   Betcha it's Fortran77 too.  
Well, Fortran's fast, and has nice matrix handling, but otherwise, ugh!  
(Though I have kept peeking at Fortran>=90, just because.  But no decent 
compiler yet, and I don't really expect one, as most people have lost 
interest.)