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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/07/10 19:56, Anders Logg wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 04:51:28PM -0000, Garth Wells wrote:
> > Question #117960 on DOLFIN changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/117960
> >
> > Garth Wells proposed the following answer:
> > I have noticed some *major* slow downs in uBLAS lately. I'd say that
> > there isn't much that we can do about. uBLAS as a project appears
> > rudderless and not bothered about performance.
> >
> > We should seriously consider removing support for uBLAS. We now have
> > Armadillo available for dense linear algebra, and PETSc can be installed
> > as package or via Dorsal. The motivations for adding uBLAS now longer
> > hold.
>
> I don't mind removing uBLAS, but perhaps we should wait a little while
> longer. I remember that we considered removing MTL4 a while back but
> then it started improving.

True. A difference is that MTL4 is actively mainatined and worries about 
performance. Peter Gottschling responded to our concerns, which is why 
we still support MTL4.

Garth

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