[Tfug] Netlib Math Archives

[Robert Hunter]

> Has anyone tried to use the Netlib math archives at
>
> www.netlib.org

Sure, many folks use LAPACK at where I work.

>
> This is managed by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville under
> contract with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
>
> My experience is that the FORTRAN programs compile after a few
> corrections.  The C programs never compile, as the source code is not
> compatible with recent C libraries.  The C programs seem to have been
> written in the mid 1980s.

The documentation you are reading may be dated.

>
> Felix
>
> PS:  I was told that FORTRAN would go away by 1990.

That was over 17 years ago.  Where have you been? ;-)

-- 
Rob