Re: [Libmesh-devel] Future DiffContext/FEMContext refactoring

[Paul T. B. <ptb...@gm...>]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Roy Stogner <roy...@ic...>wrote:

>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, David Knezevic wrote:
>
> > In terms of renaming, some people using the RB code have been confused
> > by the "jacobian" and "residual" nomenclature, which isn't relevant when
> > you're assembling linear systems. How about "matrix" and "rhs" or
> > something instead?
>


> I've often found it helpful in the long run
> to think of a linear system as a potentially-nonlinear system that
> just needs to try a little harder.


I've always thought of linear systems this way, so if I could cast a vote,
I'd prefer the residual/Jacobian terminology. But if David really prefers
the other, I won't complain.