On 4/14/08, Luc Maisonobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Carman a écrit : > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 5:27 AM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I share the concern. It doesn't seem obvious that the derivatives of > > > the byte code operations would produce a computationally accurate > > > derivative of the source function. Other than that the idea is > > > interesting, and it would be cool to see how well it works in > > > practice. > > > > > > Also, the name "nabla" would suggest that the component is designed > > > for calculating derivatives of vector functions. > > > > > > > > > > The name "nabla" is also very close to "nambla" and I doubt the ASF > > wants to be associated with that organization. > > > > I was clearly not aware of that! I didn't know the name of this organization > and add to do a web search to find what it was about. > > This is clearly unfortunate and not desired. > > The name was chosen because the nabla operator is so tightly linked to > differentiation (well, vector differentiation mostly as Jukka pointed out). > It fitted well the purpose of the library : be a differentiation operator. > > I'm puzzled about that. This name had exactly the good properties I expect : > short, simple to remember, fitted to its purpose, with a touch of > originality and a direct way to a simple logo. I would be really > disappointed if we would turn to some boring name like > commons-differentiator. Any other comment about this ? >
I think the name is fine and fits with our tradition of using descriptive names. Phil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
