IRC log for #brlcad on 20081101

00:36.55 ``Erik_ base #13 is building up now O.o
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03:08.05 starseeker brlcad: Have you ever heard of MCS-libre? http://sourceforge.net/projects/mcs-libre/
03:13.23 starseeker wonders if we could use this - the 2.0 version isn't on the website but the author is responsive to email
03:17.27 starseeker he claims to be using Boost in the 2.0 version, which would tie in nicely with the Boost stuff we already sucked in
03:20.16 starseeker also says he is interested in supporting the library to meet needs it doesn't currently meet
03:36.10 brlcad starseeker: yes, but it's only mildly relevant/useful
03:36.17 brlcad it's basically a number generator library
03:36.22 brlcad normal distributions
03:36.26 brlcad aggregation
03:38.27 brlcad starseeker: this is what I was referring to earlier: http://ftp.arl.mil/random/
03:39.23 brlcad the way it's implemented, it's really easy to turn into c if needed, or use straight up as c++
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16:24.49 starseeker brlcad: Is there a license on random?
16:53.16 brlcad starseeker: nope, PD
16:55.29 starseeker so you're thinking is that we don't need too much more of a framework than the proper random number generation?
16:55.36 starseeker er your
16:56.03 brlcad mcs-libre doesn't really do much more than that either :)
16:56.14 starseeker Ah :-)
16:56.41 starseeker very good
16:56.49 starseeker likes the 108 page documentation
16:57.04 brlcad yeah, he goes into extensive detail on each of the distribution types
16:57.29 brlcad one of those secret little snippets of code that doesn't get the attention it deserves
16:57.56 starseeker indeed
16:58.00 brlcad it would make a good replacement or addendum to the random number generation in libbn
16:58.22 brlcad just would need to be hidden behind a C api
16:58.46 starseeker adds to todo list :-) This type of project deserves to be used
16:59.57 starseeker that reminds me - I noticed there's a bu_hash in libbu, that doesn't seem to be tied to TCL - am I missing something?
17:12.08 ``Erik_ why would it be tied to tcl?
17:12.33 starseeker thought someone said our hash system was tied to tcl and needed to be untied - that we were using a tcl hash
17:22.21 brlcad bu_hash's aren't used nearly as much as Tcl_Hash's iirc
17:22.39 brlcad or more importantly, there are plenty of places that use tcl's hash
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17:37.28 ``Erik__ yes. comcastic.
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19:18.25 CIA-24 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r33101 10/brlcad/trunk/src/mged/cmd.c: little less emphasis plus some cleanup
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19:56.41 CIA-24 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r33102 10/brlcad/trunk/src/libged/wdb_obj.c: ws
21:03.54 CIA-24 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r33103 10/brlcad/trunk/src/libged/wdb_obj.c: more ws, fine tuning
21:06.42 CIA-24 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r33104 10/brlcad/trunk/TODO: about that time
21:30.52 ``Erik__ farscape on fancast.com, good stuff... seems like there're 4.29 billion or so new video streaming sites lately O.o
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