determinant is either zero, negative zero or infinite for matrixReal module

2004-06-02 Thread Boon Chong Ang
Hi, When I check the determinant of matrixReal module based on the data that I process and the size of that matrix is 256x256. The determinant that I received is zero, negative zero or infinite. How should I overcome this problem? Is it due to 32bit perl application limitation and if so, do we

Re: OT: mysql vs. postgresql (was: Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.)

2004-06-02 Thread Bill Jones
Wondering whether MySQL or Postgres is faster (or better) via CGI (which is the topic of this list) is sort of like wondering whether a JAPH which has less characters is in fact faster that longer equivalent code - all without looking at maintenance, ease of use, and understandability. I know that