XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:07:44 -0800   
   Keith Thompson  wrote:   
      
   > Thomas Koenig  writes:   
   > > 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   
   > >>?     
   > >   
   > > How does a hacksaw compare to a screwdriver?     
   >    
   > A screwdriver is vodka and orange juice.  A hacksaw has orange soda   
   > as well.   
   >    
      
   Use of orange juice in hacksaw is disputable.   
      
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