Physical Units

[Kai Ludwig]

> I'm an engineer of the physical ilk (MSME), but semi-literate in the
> art of C++ programming.  After discovering GiNaC today, I thought "nice
> library ".
>
> I've created a few programs for optimizing things, doing simple FEA
> (finite element analysis) and other sorts of calculations. Invariably,
> I end up restricting the domain to a consistent set of physical units
> (e.g. metric meter, kg, sec) or writing a lot of code to compensate for
> varying units across the input.  For general-purpose tools, it can be a
> real pain in the shorts to get right.

Have a look at,

http://sourceforge.net/projects/quantity

this is a C++ template library designed for
unit conversions and unit type checking (already
at compile time).
As far as I know, there will be a new (redesigned)
release in due course.

Regards,
Kai


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Kai Ludwig
Institut für Organische Chemie
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Mail: kai.ludwig at uni-tuebingen.de