Very interesting. I hadn't noticed that the code had been implemented in that way as the C code generally looks like a straightforward implementation of the algorithm as described in the text. But I'll bear that in mind next time I use it.
For every algorithm in NR there is a better one published somewhere. But probably the same could be said of any book on algorithms. Also, numerical algorithms people are very opiniated and form distinct camps with different favorite algorithms. But pick up the actual papers where timing and results comparisons are made and you'll often find the tests were made on some standard set of test data that doesn't reflect how you might want to use the algorithm. So although I have many complaints about NR (especially the terrible coding style) I still think it's the best all-rounder.
...genetically engineered a goose whose digestive system can separate metals from other compounds in ore. They are processed by the goose and then are used as raw material for egg production.
"We've had success with a number of elements", reports Dr. Grimm of the University of California at Berkeley, "but we've had the greatest success with metals, especially nonreactive metals." His competitor at Sandia National Labs, Dr. Anderson, isn't quite as confident. "Golden egg laying geese! That's just the stuff of fairytales".
I looked in the Merriam Webster dictionary. Nothing seemed to fit usage of this word with "profit". I looked in various online jargon dictionaries and found nothing. As it probably has something to do with "profit", my guess is that this is some kind of marketing speak from the same people that brought us leverage. Well I don't want it, do you hear! This is a geek website. I'll have none of that marketing jargon polluting it.
"Profit center". Ugh! I feel like I have to wash my brain out with soap and water just for thinking it.
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Very interesting. I hadn't noticed that the code had been implemented in that way as the C code generally looks like a straightforward implementation of the algorithm as described in the text. But I'll bear that in mind next time I use it.
I loved the Quake equation! I always thought the Drake equation was absolutely the worst example of "science" ever published.
For every algorithm in NR there is a better one published somewhere. But probably the same could be said of any book on algorithms. Also, numerical algorithms people are very opiniated and form distinct camps with different favorite algorithms. But pick up the actual papers where timing and results comparisons are made and you'll often find the tests were made on some standard set of test data that doesn't reflect how you might want to use the algorithm. So although I have many complaints about NR (especially the terrible coding style) I still think it's the best all-rounder.
I recommend The Man Who Tasted Shapes for a readable and interesting account of synesthesia.
"We've had success with a number of elements", reports Dr. Grimm of the University of California at Berkeley, "but we've had the greatest success with metals, especially nonreactive metals." His competitor at Sandia National Labs, Dr. Anderson, isn't quite as confident. "Golden egg laying geese! That's just the stuff of fairytales".
"Profit center". Ugh! I feel like I have to wash my brain out with soap and water just for thinking it.