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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Thomas Koenig   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   07 Feb 26 20:34:05   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 19:15:07 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   > I haven't used your software, but I have used Aspen (only very   
   > little) and found it horrible. How it is possible for a solution to   
   > diverge when the starting solution is already converged is beyond   
   > me, all explanations that occur to me could be considered insults,   
   > so I am not toing to go into that. That was worst; I hope your   
   > software does better.   
   >   
   > But the F66 interpreter in Aspen was a close second; IIRC, it was   
   > not even possible to declare variables. Argh.   
      
   How do these tools compare to something like   
   ?   
      
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