Re: Who uses clapack?

From: Jentje Goslinga (goslinga_at_telus.net)
Date: 12/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:29:57 GMT

Rich Townsend wrote:
> Jentje Goslinga wrote:
>
>> It all depends on the application. Nowadays "systems" usually
>> have a database component and sometimes internet connectivity
>> and much more and it is natural for them to be composed of
>> modules in various different languages. I have seen many
>> engineering applications in the C and C++ languages.
>> I have written a large system with a Windows user interface,
>> database and internet connectivity in C++.
>> The beauty of C++ is that the notion that the code will have
>> to connect to modules written in other languages has been an
>> intrinsic part of the design of the language from the beginning.
>
>
> I can't find the section in Bjarne Stroustrup's book where he discusses
> interoperability with other languages. Would you care to enlighten me?

Yes, the "extern C" syntax is discused in Chapter 9
Section 9.2.4 Linkage to Non-C++ code,
The C++ programming Language, third edition page 205.

There is also a useful discussion about the design of large
systems in Chapter 23, Development and Design, worth reading.

This a great book.

> cheers,

Thanks for saying something positive for a change.

Jentje

> Rich

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