Re: Tri to Sine diode shaper
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Posted by Joel Koltner on June 16, 2008, 11:53 am
Please log in for more thread options I have a suspicion that all those high-powered math guys who initlally created the contents are often long gone and they're just hiring some generic programmers to port it from language to language, using some sort of regression testing to make sure nothing gets broken in the process. Not to mention they have some bizarre licensing scheme where just buying the book doesn't entitle you to use the printed code -- that's a separate purchase! I suppose it's still cheaper than Matlab with the appropriate toolboxes... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John Devereux on June 16, 2008, 1:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options >> Yes, it's a pretty good book attached to some reasonably functional although
>> sometimes ugly code. >
> I have a suspicion that all those high-powered math guys who initlally created > the contents are often long gone and they're just hiring some generic > programmers to port it from language to language, using some sort of > regression testing to make sure nothing gets broken in the process. > > Not to mention they have some bizarre licensing scheme where just buying the > book doesn't entitle you to use the printed code -- that's a separate > purchase! That was the major disappointment for me. The book is not cheap, then they *still* want money off you if you use the contents! -- John Devereux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Phil Hobbs on June 16, 2008, 3:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options John Devereux wrote:
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>>> Yes, it's a pretty good book attached to some reasonably functional although
>>> sometimes ugly code. >> I have a suspicion that all those high-powered math guys who initlally
created
>> the contents are often long gone and they're just hiring some generic
>> programmers to port it from language to language, using some sort of >> regression testing to make sure nothing gets broken in the process. >> >> Not to mention they have some bizarre licensing scheme where just buying the >> book doesn't entitle you to use the printed code -- that's a separate >> purchase! >
> That was the major disappointment for me. The book is not cheap, > then they *still* want money off you if you use the contents! > There's a whole pile of better numerical code out there, once you figure out what you want to do--I bought the floppy disc back in the day, which entitled me to use it myself. I've been doing that for about 15 years, which makes it pretty cheap at the price. Cheers, Phil Hobbs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John Devereux on June 16, 2008, 5:36 pm
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> John Devereux wrote:
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>>>> Yes, it's a pretty good book attached to some reasonably
>>>> functional although sometimes ugly code. >>> I have a suspicion that all those high-powered math guys who >>> initlally created the contents are often long gone and they're just >>> hiring some generic programmers to port it from language to >>> language, using some sort of regression testing to make sure >>> nothing gets broken in the process. >>> >>> Not to mention they have some bizarre licensing scheme where just >>> buying the book doesn't entitle you to use the printed code -- >>> that's a separate purchase! >>
>> That was the major disappointment for me. The book is not cheap, >> then they *still* want money off you if you use the contents! >> >
> There's a whole pile of better numerical code out there, once you > figure out what you want to do--I bought the floppy disc back in the > day, which entitled me to use it myself. I've been doing that for > about 15 years, which makes it pretty cheap at the price. I've just reread the available licenses (in the book). They appear to want to license per instance of any algorithm used from the book. Prices from $65 per instance... Actually they say "per screen". So I guess it is free for my embedded systems after all :) -- John Devereux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Phil Hobbs on June 16, 2008, 10:42 pm
Please log in for more thread options John Devereux wrote:
>> There's a whole pile of better numerical code out there, once you
>> figure out what you want to do--I bought the floppy disc back in the >> day, which entitled me to use it myself. I've been doing that for >> about 15 years, which makes it pretty cheap at the price. >
> I've just reread the available licenses (in the book). They appear to > want to license per instance of any algorithm used from the book. > > Prices from $65 per instance... > > Actually they say "per screen". So I guess it is free for my embedded > systems after all :) > I have no intention of ever using it in a product. NR has probably saved me 6 months' work over the years, so that sum is completely reasonable for development purposes. Cheers, Phil Hobbs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> sometimes ugly code.