Adam M. Krajewski

Hi @bdice Thank you for taking the time to provide such detailed feedback! And, looking at PR #4 , for providing some solutions! I'm traveling this week for a conference...

> The GitHub Codespaces took a long time to open (>5 minutes). I would try consolidating the conda install commands. The nim packages on conda-forge depend on conda packages of...

> apt-get install nim did not work on my Ubuntu system. Perhaps the "universe" channel is not enabled by default? I see the package here: https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/nim but it is version...

> I looked at the "native Python" benchmark first. It appears that the NumPy benchmark is not measuring the same amount of work as the native Python benchmark. For example,...

> The statement of need describes applications in economics and medicine as well as materials. I understand the materials science application (which is closer to my field of expertise, and...

> I'm new to nim and had some confusion while installing. It seems like it is best practice to use nimble install --depsOnly rather than listing the dependencies directly in...

> The repository would benefit from a CONTRIBUTING.md. It does not appear that the repository has had many issues or pull requests. It would be good to explicitly instruct users...

> I think the paper would benefit from a toy example, explaining what it does. It took me some time to understand precisely what is meant by "selecting components" and...

I am still working on the last remaining point, i.e., adding a general-audience example of `nimCSO` use. I initially planned to use the suggested "pizza shop" example, which is excellent,...

Hi @bdice, thanks again for taking the time and effort to provide valuable feedback! I believe the code and paper adjustments are ready for you to evaluate. On a side...