Re: simplicity vs. efficiency of algorithms in GSL

["Robert G. Brown" <rgb@phy.duke.edu>]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Gerard Jungman wrote:

>
> On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 21:37 +0300, Tuomo Keskitalo wrote:
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>> I, too, would very much like to see a good interface for linear algebra!
>
> It may be too soon to have a party, but I'm excited about the
> following, which was just brought to my attention. The ten-year
> wait may soon be over.
>
>  http://icl.cs.utk.edu/~delmas/lapwrapc.html
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> It's a draft standard for a C LAPACK interface.
>
> Apparently the LAPACK group is working with Intel to create a final
> version of the standard. It may be done early next year. Perhaps it's
> time to start thinking seriously about this.

If there is a draft version of the standard, it would probably be GOOD
to implement it in something like GSL, as IMO "problems" with the
proposed standard are likely to surface only in widespread use anyway.
It it actually were implemented (even as a sort of "beta" form, clearly
announced as such) before they do finish the final version, we might be
able to comment on or resolve any emergent problems in time to get
solutions into the standard.

Just a thought.

    rgb

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> G. Jungman
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