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Software architect / project manager for Nikon Metrology  marc.gregoire@nuonsoft.com  Microsoft VC++ MVP Since 2007  Author of Professional C++, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Edition  Co-author of C++ stacktraces  E.g.: auto trace { std::stacktrace::current() }; std::println("{}", trace);  Output from VC++: 0> D:\test\ConsoleApplication2.cpp(14): ConsoleApplication2!main+0x63 1> D:\a\_work\1\s\src\v std::stacktrace::current() }; for (auto&& frame : trace) { std::print("{}", frame.description()); }  Output from VC++: ConsoleApplication2!main+0x63 ConsoleApplication2!invoke_main+0x39 ConsoleApplication2!__scrt_

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gregoire@nikon.com2 Marc Grégoire  Belgium  Software architect for Nikon Metrology  Microsoft VC++ MVP Since 2007  Author of Professional C++, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition  5th Edition (C++20) coming experimental helper classes, for example:  std::experimental::generator18 Coroutines  Example (VC++): experimental::generator GetSequenceGenerator( int startValue, size_t numberOfValues) {

12 Marc Grégoire  Belgium  Software architect for Nikon Metrology  Microsoft VC++ MVP Since 2007  Author of Professional C++, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Edition  Co-author of C++ Standard Library

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julia> v = [1; im]; julia> vc = v'; julia> opnorm(vc, 1) 1.0 julia> norm(vc, 1) 2.0 julia> norm(v, 1) 2.0 julia> opnorm(vc, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> norm(vc, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> julia> norm(v, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> opnorm(vc, Inf) 2.0 julia> norm(vc, Inf) 1.0 julia> norm(v, Inf) 1.0 LinearAlgebra.normalize! – Function. normalize!(a::AbstractArray, p::Real=2) Normalize

julia> v = [1; im]; julia> vc = v'; julia> opnorm(vc, 1) 1.0 julia> norm(vc, 1) 2.0 julia> norm(v, 1) 2.0 julia> opnorm(vc, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> norm(vc, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> julia> norm(v, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> opnorm(vc, Inf) 2.0 julia> norm(vc, Inf) 1.0 julia> norm(v, Inf) 1.0 LinearAlgebra.normalize! – Function. normalize!(a::AbstractArray, p::Real=2) Normalize

julia> v = [1; im]; julia> vc = v'; julia> opnorm(vc, 1) 1.0 julia> norm(vc, 1) 2.0 julia> norm(v, 1) 2.0 julia> opnorm(vc, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> norm(vc, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> julia> norm(v, 2) 1.4142135623730951 julia> opnorm(vc, Inf) 2.0CHAPTER 79. LINEAR ALGEBRA 1520 julia> norm(vc, Inf) 1.0 julia> norm(v, Inf) 1.0 LinearAlgebra.normalize! – Function. normalize!(a::AbstractArray