Re: [Tcllib-devel] Proposing new module

[Arjen M. <arj...@wl...>]

Lars Hellström wrote:

>20 dec 2007 kl. 16.29 skrev Arjen Markus:
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>>Hi all,
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>>I have been thinking about adding a module to Tcllib with the 
>>preliminary
>>name "simulation" (or "modeling" or "computing" or "simulating" or ...)
>>The intent:
>>- Support for Monte Carlo simulations
>>- Discrete Event modelling
>>- Constraint Logic Programming
>>- etc.
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>>Any thoughts?
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>It seems like a somewhat disparate collection of computation models.
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>Do you want to collect them because you think there would be a common 
>core that all of the above would simply be applications of? If so, what 
>would that consist of?
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Not so much a common core in the sense of code that can be shared, but
more a common set-up: each computational methodology would 
require/benefit from
a framework of sorts, rather than just a collection of useful procedures.

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>>A good idea or not? What is a good name for it?
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>It might be easier to find names for the parts than for this whole.
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Sure, though at least two people (among whom myself) think "simulation"
is a nice name.

Regards,

Arjen