Re: gsl Development Query

[Gerard Jungman <jungman at lanl dot gov>]

"E. Robert Tisdale" wrote:
> 
> Apparently, GSL blocks can only reference memory
> that can be referenced through an ordinary ANSI C pointer.

Yes. That was an assumption. GSL was never targetted
to more esoteric platforms.


> I assume that you expect all of the GSL users
> are like the users at LANL who mainly program
> super computers and high performance workstations.

Or how about just non-descript intel boxes,
like the one I am sitting in front of? The fact
is that the audience for GSL is precisely that
(very large) group of people who sit in front
of boxes just like the one in front of me.


> Application programmers who aren't particularly concerned
> about the portability of their code needn't worry about this.
> Actually, virtually every ANSI C compiler
> will store both of these types in exactly the same way.

Well, "particularly concerned" has different meanings
for different people. I think being insulated from
issues like the alignment is important. People learned
that as soon as 64 bit boxes became common.


> I don't think that you need to get bogged down
> in the GSL implementation details.
> It may seem like a huge project to you now
> but eventually you will get some perspective
> and realize that they really are just details.

Uhh... exactly how many lines of code have you
contributed to GSL lately, that you are in
a position to measure anything related to
my effort?


-- 
G. Jungman