On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 5:59 PM will wray via Liaison
<liaison_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> A possible agenda item for tomorrow's meeting.

I'd recommend we hold the initial discussions here on the mailing list
until a paper is available to discuss in the study group.

> I'd like to propose that Liaison reopen that Pandora's box,
> That tantamount-to-taboo topic; array.
>
> Suggested remit:
> Improvements for array, and array APIs, and C/C++ compatibility.
>
> Suggested aims:
> * C as Lingua Franca of array processing
> * Flexible array APIs allowing efficient C / C++ implementations
> * Support library solutions for dynamic multi-dimensional data
> * Keep it simple, avoid old issues, focus on cross-language uses
> * ?

I think these are good aims worth exploring.

> If there's interest and agreement then what forum to use?
> * kickstart in the liaison mailing list

This initial step makes sense to me. Once we have a better
understanding of the concrete details of the proposal/aims, we can
determine the appropriate next steps.

~Aaron

> * form a new study group and mailing list
> * conjoin WG14 memory object model study group?
> * conjoin WG21 SG19 machine learning study group?
>
> Respond here if interested
>
> Regards, Will
>
> The time has come, my friends,
> To talk of ranges of things -
> Of loops - and spans - and self-adjusting stacks -
> And aggregates - and C-strings -
> ...
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