adolgert

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   by adolgert 16y ago

   Science has error bars.
2. 62.▲
   by adolgert 16y ago

   IPython, with Matplotlib and Numpy, has a ton of numerical libraries, especially LAPACK, which aren't in SHO. Matplotlib is also much more extensive in its capabilities. Some coder cried when they were told to write another Matrix class. SH
3. 63.▲
   by adolgert 16y ago

   K&R's _C Programming Language_, because my father saw me start to write Schrodinger's equation in BASIC and said I should take a look. Stroustrup's _The C++ Programming Language_, twice in a row, because I didn't want to be left out for
4. 64.▲
   by adolgert 16y ago

   An #ifdef _WIN32 is a platform ifdef. Especially to cross-compile Unix flavors, it can help to use capability ifdefs, such as #ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF. This approach replaces if-then-else logic on platforms in the source with tests in the conf