Re: best software environment for numerical analysis

From: Vincent Diepeveen (diep_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:01:11 +0100

Get the free GMP library and use functionality from that in either C or C++.

I'm currently using GMP here too. Too bad it just works under cygwin or
under linux and not also under windows.

Some prime searching stuff i wrote is multithreaded, not a good idea under
windows+cygwin :)

So if you can develop under linux go for GMP and use C.

You just need to code the algorithms you need, all the math itself can be
done by this library. For free software it's pretty good. If i get some help
explaining some things i might even extend the GMP library with some more
functions in the mpz_ regions, of course if they allow it ;)

"Phil Webb" <philwebb@nospam.radiolink.net> wrote in message
news:e75jk09d4h9l42d9db1ubnstqpcpfmqq35@4ax.com...
> I am about to embark on a software project with intensive numerical
> analysis and i have been out of it(ie software) for a while.
>
> below is my project but i wanted to know what the best language to use
> is. My best guess is to use c++ and use kdevelop 3.1 on Suse Linux
> 9.1, and that i will be able to compile other people's C or C++ code
> from the internet. (other linux distro's
>
> 15 years ago i did a fortran simulation utilised in diffraction
> co-efficients for antenna desgn. now i assume all the fortran stuff is
> now essentially available in C or C++(or at least the stuff i need).
>
> I assume for numerical analysis, from what i have recently read on the
> internet, delphi and Python are NOT the way to go.
>
> Project Description: I am writing a blackjack simulation for card
> counting anaylis. will be calculations of 0% advantage, confidence
> intervals variance etc for numerous rule variations of a game that is
> well suited to object orientated design. Comparisons of actual
> recorded results with expected results etc.
>
> So my questions are: any info appreciated. :) :)
>
> 1. Delphi/python and other high level langauges are NOT the way to go?
> 2. C++ is roughly on the right track?
> 3. kdevelop will give me reasonable CASE tools etc/ software
> engineering environment? (i want to spend the least amount of time
> doing the software)
> 4. If i wanted to get the best tools available does that mean spending
> lots of $$$$ on tools like Rational or other. is this right? just how
> "bad" is kdevelop compared to these other tools?

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