Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 05/24/2010 05:26 PM, bruce.lab...@autoliv.com wrote: Well, more than once you've made critical remarks regarding your own skills in C++. Since you seem to be in a position where you're being asked to work with C++, I figured it warranted pointing out that the most useful tool we have

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-25 Thread Bruce Labitt
Jerry said As I mentioned, the Deitel book is very good, but it can be intimidating. Has a lot of very good examples, and you can even build an elevator in your house. Many of the smaller books are nice, and give you insights on style, but from my standpoint, the easiest way to learn a

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 05/25/2010 08:24 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote: Jerry said As I mentioned, the Deitel book is very good, but it can be intimidating. Has a lot of very good examples, and you can even build an elevator in your house. Many of the smaller books are nice, and give you insights on style, but from my

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-24 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Bruce Labitt bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, which I don't have now. ... Any advice?   Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your job effectively. It isn't like I can do NO C++ ...

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-24 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 05/21/2010 08:22 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote: However, I don't think in C++. I had the same problem when approaching Java for the first time. Bruce Eckel's book Thinking in Java was a godsend for me, and it's fabulously written (for the audience defined as me anyway). He's also written a

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-24 Thread bruce . labitt
gnhlug-discuss-boun...@mail.gnhlug.org wrote on 05/24/2010 02:26:43 PM: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Bruce Labitt bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, which I don't have now. ... Any advice? Tell your employer you need some C++

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 05/21/2010 06:51 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Labitt bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, which I don't have now. ... Any advice? Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-22 Thread Bruce Labitt
Jerry Feldman wrote: snip I taught C++ at Northeastern and have been employed as a C++ software engineer for quite a while. One of the books that I recommend is the C++ How to Program series by Deitel. Harvey Deitel was supposed to be my OS professor when I was working for my MCS degree

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-22 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org writes: The issue with C++ (and other OO languages) is that it is important that you think in OO. Stroustrup and Stepanov both disagree with this, .cf.: http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#Object-Oriented-language

OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Bruce Labitt
It has been suggested to me to look into OpenCV for some matrix math capabilities. Anyone use it? Can it handle double precision complex numbers? From reading the documentation, it leads me to think it could, if one defines the matrix as double precision 2 channel. OpenCV appears to require

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Labitt bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, which I don't have now. ... Any advice? Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your job effectively. Or if you're afraid they'll

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, which I don't have now. ... Any advice? Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your job effectively. Or if you're afraid they'll terminate you and hire someone else, seek learning

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Bruce Labitt
Benjamin Scott wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Labitt bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, which I don't have now. ... Any advice? Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your job effectively.

Re: OpenCV any Users on List?

2010-05-21 Thread Bruce Labitt
Michael ODonnell wrote: bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, which I don't have now. ... Any advice? Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your job effectively. Or if you're afraid they'll terminate you