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> The author doesn't seem to have a lot of numeric experience. What a strange statement. Even if you haven't seen John D Cook's articles on HN before [1], it'
by mkl 7y ago
> The author doesn't seem to have a lot of numeric experience.
What a strange statement. Even if you haven't seen John D Cook's articles on HN before [1], it's just a couple of clicks to find out more about him and what he does, e.g.
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/applied-math/ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/applied-math/
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/notes/#numerical https://www.johndcook.com/blog/notes/#numerical
[1] There are a lot! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=johndcook&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- kccqzy 7y agoNot strange at all. Looking at the links you posted, I suppose the author has probably an immense understanding of theoretical aspects of numeric computing, but still utterly lacks the experience of a down-to-the-earth engineer churning out working code fast.