Units vs Torch

Units

A run-time C++ library for working with units of measurement and conversions between them and with string representations of units and measurements (by LLNL)

#Scientific Computing #CPP #Energy #math-physics #physical-units #Measurements #unit-conversions #Conversion #si-units #string-conversions

Source Code

units.readthedocs.io

Docs

Torch

http://torch.ch (by torch)

#Scientific Computing

Source Code

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Units		Torch
	Project
2	Mentions	2
115	Stars	8,804
1.7%	Growth	0.4%
5.8	Activity	0.0
3 days ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
C++	Language	C
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Units

Posts with mentions or reviews of Units. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Units yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Torch

Posts with mentions or reviews of Torch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-22.

TinyGL 0.4.1
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2022

Yes, kind of, but it depends on NumPy which is fairly big if your goal is for students to grasp and demystify the whole way down to the hardware. Other candidates would be torch7 [1], but it is somewhat married to the Lua API which drives it.
[1]: https://github.com/torch/torch7
Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Feb 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Units and Torch you can also consider the following projects:

GSL - GNU Scientific Library with CMake build support and AMPL bindings

FFTW - DO NOT CHECK OUT THESE FILES FROM GITHUB UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. (See below.)

Blitz++ - Git mirror of Blitz++ at http://sourceforge.net/projects/blitz/

Kratos - Kratos Multiphysics (A.K.A Kratos) is a framework for building parallel multi-disciplinary simulation software. Modularity, extensibility and HPC are the main objectives. Kratos has BSD license and is written in C++ with extensive Python interface.

Dimwits - A compact C++ header-only library providing compile-time dimensional analysis and unit awareness

HELICS - Hierarchical Engine for Large-scale Infrastructure Co-Simulation (HELICS)

itpp - IT++ library mirror/fork. C++ library of mathematical, signal processing and communication classes and functions.

Trilinos - Primary repository for the Trilinos Project

preCICE - A coupling library for partitioned multi-physics simulations, including, but not restricted to fluid-structure interaction and conjugate heat transfer simulations.