ROI discussion

[Dave Peticolas]

 writes:
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 12:04:59PM +1100, Robert Graham Merkel wrote:
> > All this stuff is all archived in the ML - read the thread starting
> > at this URL:
> > 
> > http://gnucash.org/gnucash-devel/June-2000/msg00409.php3
> > 
> > This calculations are slightly nontrivial, so sharing them with 
> > gnumeric if possible may not be a bad idea.
> 
> I had a nice chat with Jody Goldberg on #gnumeric.  gnumeric doesen't
> do what we want, exactly, if what we want is a drop-in solution to the
> problem.  They DO have code to do the math we want, and while there's
> a bit of commingling with gnumeric infrastructure it's not terrible.
> 
> jody suggested that the gnumeric folks might be receptive to an
> app-neutral refactoring of the financial stuff in gnumeric.  If we can
> make a freestanding library from their code, we can share it with them
> and hopefully get some synergy out of it.  PLUS I won't have to try to
> dust off all my pitiful math skills.
> 
> If you're interested in poking through the gnumeric source, the XIRR
> function which is the tricky part of annualized ROI is in
> src/functions/fn-financial.c in the gnumeric source tree.  Search for
> XIRR and you'll get there.
> 
> rgmerk and others, what think ye? 

A shared library would be great -- more people contributing to it.

dave