Dimwits vs Torch

Dimwits

A compact C++ header-only library providing compile-time dimensional analysis and unit awareness (by njoy)

Scientific Computing dimensional-analysis

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Torch

http://torch.ch (by torch)

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Dimwits		Torch
	Project
-	Mentions	2
9	Stars	8,947
-	Growth	0.6%
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C++	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Dimwits

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

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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 Dimwits and Torch you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

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

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.

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

Trilinos - Primary repository for the Trilinos Project

Hopscotch map - C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set using hopscotch hashing