Xref: utzoo ut.na:263 ut.dcs.na:2 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.toronto.edu!krj Newsgroups: ut.na,ut.dcs.na From: krj@cs.toronto.edu (Ken Jackson) Subject: NAgMAg v90n01 Message-ID: <1990Feb1.184540.24767@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Distribution: ut Date: 1 Feb 90 23:45:40 GMT Lines: 213 NAgMAg Monday, January 22 1990 Volume 90 Issue 01 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% The official electronic digest of the NAG Users Association %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Today's Topics The Diamond project News from NAG NAGUA News - Issue 1 Netlib -- UK %% Apologies for the long delay in sending this first issue of %% the new year out -- I was given a new year present of chicken %% pox by my daughter (they do get worse as they get older :-)). %% Anyway I'm back in circulation now so you can feel free to %% send in lots of articles for the next issue. It's about %% time we had some complaints from the users otherwise NAG %% will be getting complacent!! %% %% A belated Happy New Year, %% Tim --------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 11:30:46 EST From: BURKARDT@a.psc.edu Subject: The Diamond project I just ran across a book about the DIAMOND project, in which NAG was involved, and wondered if there was any way to get a look at the software that was used? John Burkardt Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center --------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 90 16:19 GMT From: NAG Subject: News from NAG NEWS FROM NAG Let me wish you all a Happy New Year on behalf of NAG and its staff. As you know 1990 will see the release of the NAG Mark 14 Library, another monster update, further releases of the NAG Ada Library and release of the Mark 3 Graphics Library. Other new year offers will include Release 2 of FORTLP( the linear programming package), SLICOT (a control engineering library) and a Fortran Tools service. Most of these will feature in the early part of this year and this doubtless accounts for the high activity in NAG Central Office. >From time-to-time talking to NAG Users it becomes clear that there is a misunderstanding of the terms and conditions of the standard library licence. I suspect that not many people actually see this and so are depriving themselves of facilities covered by their licence. A typical release tape contains a compiled and tested library for a given machine range, the source of the example programs and data used in that implementation and the results that were obtained by the implementor on that machine. There are also a number of information files; for example a file describing the inter-dependence of NAG routines and a brief description of their purpose. The source of the NAG routines is also included on the tape sent to the site. The standard NAG Licence allows a site to make use of the example programs, perhaps making them available to its users as template programs to be adapted, like the NAG/SERC Finite Element Library, to the users own particular requirements. He may also have access to the results and data files. For obvious reasons the NAG Library source is more restricted, but is provided to the Site Representative for him to use in Advisory, in order to keep the library error-free in between marks and, in rare instances, for him to release selected material to individual users. The latter action requires the express permission of NAG, but is rarely withheld. For genuine research work, the permission is often given free-of-charge, but if the software is to be exploited commercially then a mutually agreed fee is charged. THIS LATTER USAGE IS OFTEN NOT UNDERSTOOD AND HAS LED TO MUCH WASTED EFFORT (and I fear, some subterfuge) BY NAG USERS. The Library is licenced on a processor basis and, although there are massive discounts for second processors, it is possible that the library is licenced to run on only one of several similar machines. In this instance the user may form an executable program on the licenced machine by linking into the library and exporting the program to the unlicenced machine - provided only that the machines are at the same site. Larger organisations which wish to develop programs this way and export them beyond the site, to other sites within the same company may purchase a special licence to allow this. One word of warning - VAX users will not be able to export executable code formed by linking into the VAX VMS Shareable Library, by the very nature of shareable libraries. By taking the Library users are entitled to make use of the technical support service at NAG Central Office by ringing Oxford 511245 and asking for the technical support desk. This is open on all work days from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. David Sayers 5 January 1990 --------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 90 16:19 GMT From: NAG Subject: NAGUA News - Issue 1 NAGUA News - Issue 1 ---------- Many of you will have received a copy of the first edition of NAGUA News, a publication of the NAG Users Association. If you would like to see a copy of this newsletter please contact: Ms Caroline Foers NAG Users Association PO Box 426 OXFORD OX2 8SD NAGUA News will be published three times a year to members of the NAG Users Association. Issue 2 ------- The next issue of NAGUA News will be in March, to members only. If anyone would like to submit a short item, eg your experiences with NAG software, they should do so by Friday 26 January. The item should be a maximum of 300 words plus photos/illustrations/cartoons where appropriate. Suggestions for articles would also be welcome, as would comments on issue 1. --------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 90 12:14:54 GMT From: "T.R.Hopkins" Subject: Netlib -- UK This isn't really NAG related but I was asked before Xmas to advertise the Netlib facilities that are available in the States. However you don't have to mail the US anymore because the netlib service is available from ukc. Netlib is a large repository of public domain software which may be ordered by electronic mail. The software covers many areas of numerical and non-numerical computing, for example all the Linpack, Eispack and Toms routines are available. For full details of what software is available and how to get it, send e-mail to netlib@uk.ac.ukc consisting of the single line send index you will receive (hopefully:-)) an e-mail message (within a few minutes if you are on Janet) giving all the required information. One thing I have done is to put back issues of nagmag on the system -- it will save me having to respond to individual request. Information on how to get back issues may be obtained by sending the following to netlib@uk.ac.ukc send index from nagmag Tim --------------------------- %% For NAGUA membership details contact: %% Janet Bentley, Administrator NAGUA, %% Shore Lane Farm, Blackstone Edge Old Road, %% LITTLEBOROUGH, Lancashire, OL15 0LQ, UK. %% %% For other NAGUA enquiries contact: %% Caroline J Foers %% NAGUA Coordinator, %% NAG Users Association, %% PO Box 426, %% Oxford, OX2 8SD, U.K. %% %% e-mail caroline@uk.co.nag.vax %% %% Replies or submissions to nagmag@uk.ac.ukc %% Distribution changes to nagmag-request@uk.ac.ukc %% %% END OF ISSUE --------------------- Reposted by Prof. Kenneth R. 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