29 Nov
2007
29 Nov
'07
7:15 p.m.
Chris,
I could change my implementation; I could use Jerzy's implementation...launch Mathematica...
But all of these could be implemented by introducing a different type constructor called AD for each one. You could switch the implementation of AD on the user and they wouldn't have to change a line of their code. I've no doubt there's a real problem you're trying to solve, but I'm trying to figure out what it is. Can you post an example piece of code that would break if you exposed AD, and which means you need to hide it? (I fully understand the idea of abstracting over the algorithm, I'm just trying to pin down exactly why you need the abstraction, and what breaks if you don't have it.) -- Dan