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From: "Zacharias J. Beckman" <zac@dolphin.com>
Subject: Re: Math classes needed ?
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> NOOOOO! No Int, Real,Double, Complex, WhatSoEverNumber classes, please.
> It should be possible to find more intelligent and elegant way for
> solving this problem (yes, it's much easier to write it in c++ or ADA,
> but don't forget that Mathematica was written in plain C).
Now that EXPO is passed, some of you may be looking into NeXT's new Foundation Classes (part of the Enterprise Objects / 3.3 beta CDROM that was distributed). This kit includes the NSValue class which, using "class clusters" seems to have found a pretty good solution to the situation.
If there is anyone out there who does not yet have this CD, I can post the appropriate manual excerpt. But, I would highly recommend getting your hands on this CD... it contains a set of classes which has a considerable affect on the code we are writing now...
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Zacharias J. Beckman (NEXTMAIL is welcome!) @ Dolphin Technologies Inc.
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