wgj@engr09.uark.edu (William Johnston) (05/11/91)
I have an urgent need for information reguarding matrix manipulation routines in C. My primary interest is in freeware and shareware. However, any information on commercial packages would be appreciated. I am also interested in hearing from anyone who has tried to find such a package and failed. bill wgj@engr.uark.edu
dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate) (05/12/91)
In article <6422@uafhp.uark.edu> wgj@engr09.uark.edu (William Johnston) writes: > >I have an urgent need for information reguarding matrix manipulation routines in C. >My primary interest is in freeware and shareware. However, any information on commercial packages would be appreciated. Nicus makes a package called Nicus NuTools, which is a remarkably complete package of matrix/numerical tools in C. Not only do they provide complete source code with documentation, but also specialized routines for reading in and parsing data as text strings, and so on. As I recall, the package costs about $400. It runs on the Mac (and probably some other platforms... I seem to recall something about Sun workstations). -- David M. Tate | "Your telegram has been sent, sir. You should be dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu | receiving it in about an hour. We've sent your Motto: | bags ahead to your hotel. Where will you be Gramen artificiosum odi | staying?" --Firesign Theater.
anestis@yetti.UUCP (Anestis Toptsis) (05/12/91)
Also I know of another package, called MATLAB (for Matrix Laboratory). As far as I recall, it is from Univ. of New Mexico and has versions for PC, VMS, UNIX. I have seen it advertised in a shareware catalog 1-2 years ago.
rob@rhine.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere) (05/12/91)
In article <499@yetti.UUCP> anestis@yetti.UUCP (Anestis Toptsis) writes: > >Also I know of another package, called MATLAB (for Matrix Laboratory). >As far as I recall, it is from Univ. of New Mexico and has versions >for PC, VMS, UNIX. I have seen it advertised in a shareware catalog >1-2 years ago. There are 2 versions of MATLAB. The one you are referring to is written in FORTRAN and is indeed free; the new matlab (PRO-MATLAB on UNIX systems, PC-MATLAB on IBM PC/PS2, MacIntosh MATLAB on the Mac) is written in C and is a commercial product. Neither version is a function library; both are complete interactive interpretive languages. Both versions have facilities for linking in user-written code (which could be in C), both have facilites for talking to other programs. If you are looking for a library that you distribute with your program, new MATLAB is not it (each user of your program would have to buy a license from the MathWorks). I guess you could use old MATLAB in this way, but it definitely wasn't designed for such use. SR ---
fcaggian@kepler.com (Frank Caggiano) (05/18/91)
In article <6422@uafhp.uark.edu>, wgj@engr09.uark.edu (William Johnston) writes: > > > I have an urgent need for information reguarding matrix manipulation routines in C. > My primary interest is in freeware and shareware. Check out the book 'Numerical Recipes in C: The art of Scientific Computing" published by Cambridge University Press. A diskette which contains the code of the examples given in the book is available. Here is the readme from the floppy: NUMERICAL RECIPES C DISKETTE V1.0 --------- ------- - -------- ---- The entire contents of this diskette are Copyright (C) 1985, 1987 by Numerical Recipes Software P.O. Box 243, Cambridge, MA 02238 Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited. Please read this document completely before attempting to use the NUMERICAL RECIPES C DISKETTE. Your use of any computer procedures on this diskette constitutes acceptance of the terms of the DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY, which is given in full at the end of this document. WHAT IS THIS DISKETTE? 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