Re: [cellml-discussion] Proposal: BCP for including external codeinCellML models

2007-03-18 Thread Matt
On 3/19/07, Andrew Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt wrote: > > I have often thought referencing external code through a clearly > > defined interface would be useful, and mostly because procedural code > > is another natural way to solve problems. But I have always banged my > > head up aga

Re: [cellml-discussion] Proposal: BCP for including external codeinCellML models

2007-03-18 Thread Andrew Miller
Matt wrote: > I have often thought referencing external code through a clearly > defined interface would be useful, and mostly because procedural code > is another natural way to solve problems. But I have always banged my > head up against validation. With procedural code this amounts to > passing

Re: [cellml-discussion] Proposal: BCP for including external codeinCellML models

2007-03-18 Thread Matt
I have often thought referencing external code through a clearly defined interface would be useful, and mostly because procedural code is another natural way to solve problems. But I have always banged my head up against validation. With procedural code this amounts to passing tests - good tests -

Re: [cellml-discussion] Proposal: BCP for including external codeinCellML models

2007-03-17 Thread Andrew Miller
David Nickerson wrote: >> ECMAScript is not practical for use in modelling, because it is an >> interpreted, non-typed language, which necessarily means that it cannot >> be compiled and will be slower than compiled code. >> > > But CellML is an language for the description and exchange of

Re: [cellml-discussion] Proposal: BCP for including external codeinCellML models

2007-03-15 Thread David Nickerson
> ECMAScript is not practical for use in modelling, because it is an > interpreted, non-typed language, which necessarily means that it cannot > be compiled and will be slower than compiled code. But CellML is an language for the description and exchange of mathematical models. It is not meant