Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-18 Thread Paul King
On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 8:04 PM Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > > Even the "units of measurement" work is a bit fragmented. If you want > > to use KILOMETERS and MILES for instance, or use FEET, you have to mix > > and match different libraries with the standard, and the different > > libraries are

Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le mar. 18 juil. 2023 à 00:45, Paul King a écrit : > > The main issue with jscience is lack of maintenance. It was invented > around the time of JSR 275 which was ultimately rejected. The newer > "units of measurement" work is in JSR 363 and JSR 385, while the > currency/money stuff is in

Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-17 Thread Paul King
The main issue with jscience is lack of maintenance. It was invented around the time of JSR 275 which was ultimately rejected. The newer "units of measurement" work is in JSR 363 and JSR 385, while the currency/money stuff is in JSR 354. Even the "units of measurement" work is a bit fragmented.

Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Le lun. 17 juil. 2023 à 18:21, Thomas a écrit : > > Maybe start small, with a universally usable prerequisite: > > something like commons-unit as an implementation of javax.measure. https://github.com/javolution/jscience

Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-17 Thread Thomas
Maybe start small, with a universally usable prerequisite: something like commons-unit as an implementation of javax.measure. See: https://unitsofmeasurement.github.io/unit-api/site/apidocs/javax/measure/class-use/Unit.html | javax.measure unit-api 1.0 Even if not used for physics

Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le lun. 17 juil. 2023 à 13:53, Gary Gregory a écrit : > > It might already exist in Apache Sedona. Thanks for the pointer. >From a 30 s look at the web site[1] it seems more GIS-oriented. [It might be worth comparing its features with "Commons Geometry".] Regards, Gilles [1]

Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-17 Thread Gary Gregory
It might already exist in Apache Sedona. Gary On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 7:35 AM Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > Short answer: No. > > We have had the (failed, for various reasons[1]) "Commons Math" > experiment. No need to try another one with such a vague scope. > > Regards, > Gilles > > [1] Cf.

Re: Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Short answer: No. We have had the (failed, for various reasons[1]) "Commons Math" experiment. No need to try another one with such a vague scope. Regards, Gilles [1] Cf. record of discussions in the ML archives. - To

Is there a need for a commons-physics project?

2023-07-16 Thread Dimitrios Efthymiou