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From: mattern@ncoast.ORG (Duane L. Mattern)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: FORTRAN for the PC?   .....(you can keep IMSL)
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Date: 6 Jul 89 10:15:46 GMT
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>For some weeks, I have been doing some number crunching using the
>University's 3081 and FORTRAN.  I am looking to offload some of the
>tasks onto my 386-based PC, and am looking for a good FORTRAN. 
>
>      2.  Is fast (can use the 80387 AND has a good optimizer).
>          A good set of scientific subroutines
>          would be a big plus since I lose the IMSL in the move to PC.

>Robert A. West c/o Interface Associates, Inc.    (Q4071@PUCC)
>Mail: 666 Plainsboro Rd. Office Commons, Suite 1A, Plainsboro NJ 08536
>Voice  : (609) 275-5711
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You don't have to lose IMSL. IMSL makes a PC vers. of the same routines
that are available on the mainframe.  It runs under DOS, linked to 
Fortran, but I was using it from C.   The routines are reasonable fast
on the PC, but there are probably faster routines elsewhere, but you
don't have to change any calling statements if you eventually want to
port it back to a mainframe.  The packages are reasonable priced.  Back
in 1986 at Purdue, we paid $350 or so for a couple of disks of object
module from their IMSL library.  Give them a call.  
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