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[Axiom-developer] RE: special functions
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Bill Page |
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[Axiom-developer] RE: special functions |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:59:39 -0500 |
On January 30, 2006 8:21 PM Yigal Weinstein wrote:
> ...
> The one way gpl'd programs have an advantage on proprietary
> software is that they can use existing gpl'd programs without
> worrying about licenses etc.. For instance consider all the
> work done in Fortran like quadpack etc.. Axiom if asked for
> a numerical result could if linking was considered could use
> the existing libraries to compute practically any function.
>
> In fact this is just the strategy used by the proprietary Axiom.
> To link it to NAG was what was done. There are plenty of high
> quality libraries that can be used for numerical approximations
> in Fortran that are gpl: lapack is but one of them.
I agree completely that a replacement for the NAG interface is
urgently needed for the open source version of Axiom.
I would be very pleased to help anyone who is motivated to
develop an interface to a LGPL library that would provide some
of this lost functionality.
Regards,
Bill Page.