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A comment on Boycott Numerical Recipes (2007). Parent comment

Re:Boycott Numerical Recipes (2007) by enriquto on Sunday April 03, 2022 @04:57PM (#30900568)
> Don't roll your own numerics.

This is empty advice without some context. Many of us work precisely in rolling new numerics.

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Re:Boycott Numerical Recipes (2007) by buescher on Sunday April 03, 2022 @07:10PM (#30901718)
Like "don't roll your own crypto", the implicit caveat is clear.
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