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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 09:56:12AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> Anders Logg wrote:
> > I'm suggesting two new projects to be added to the web page as FEniCS
> > projects:
> > 
> >  1. SyFi by Kent-Andre Mardal
> > 
> >  2. UFC by Alnæs, Langtangen, Logg, Mardal, Skavhaug
> > 
> > SyFi is described in detail here:
> > 
> >     http://folk.uio.no/kent-and/software/SyFi/doc/SyFi.html
> > 
> > SyFi can be seen as a combination of FIAT and FFC using symbolic
> > manipulation through GiNaC in C++ and Python.
> > 
> > UFC (Unified Form-assembly Code) is a specification of a common
> > format for the code generated by FFC, SyFi and other form compilers.
> > 
> > Are there any objections to adding these two new projects?
> >
> 
> Sounds good to me. UFC will provide a nice link between different projects.
> 
> Will both projects be hosted on www.fenics.org? For the coherence of
> FEniCS, I think that this is preferable.

Yes, that's the plan.

Kent has made effort to FEniCSize SyFi: using fenicsmanual.cls for the
manual, conversion from Subversion to hg. There will be a web page,
mailing list syfi-dev@xxxxxxxxxx etc.

/Anders


> Garth
> 
> > We also plan to add another new project UFL (Unified Form Language)
> > that specifies (and implements) a common input language for SyFi and
> > FFC. At that point, SyFi and FFC will function similarly - the same
> > input gives the same output (but with different optimizations) - and
> > we may then consider a merge in one form or the other. The methodology
> > for the code generation can then be controlled by a simple flag to the
> > compiler: tensor representation, symbolics or quadrature.
> > 
> > /Anders
> > 
> > PS: As we discussed in Delft, there are more projects in the pipeline
> > but we can discuss these projects separately when they are ready for
> > inclusion.
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