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   Thomas Koenig to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   08 Feb 26 08:58:37   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   > 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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