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- From: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,sci.math,sci.math.num-analysis,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: mathematical/statistical routines in Java
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- Date: 26 Mar 1996 19:45:24 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- Jaco van Kooten (jvkooten@baan.nl) wrote:
- : > Dan Jacobs <djacobs@BlueSky.net> wrote:
- : > >Jaco van Kooten wrote:
- : > >>
- : > >> Does anyone know if there exist mathematical and statistical
- : > >> routines in Java? A lot of them are available in Fortran and
- : > >> C (at netlib), but I need them in Java.
- : > >> O.K. I can rewrite them, but that's a rather boring and time
- : > >> consuming job. (May be it is time to write a C2java compiler.)
- : > >> I am also interested in cooperating with someone having the same
- : > >> problem.
- : > >>> >>
- : > >> Jaco van Kooten
- : > >>
- : > >
- : > >You don't need to rewrite them. You can use Java native methods
- : > >as an interface to them.
- : >
- : > Sure, if you don't want to make your code portable.
- : >
- : > I can't imagine using Java to do serious number crunching unless
- : > you wanted to be portably, however...
- : > --
- : > Thomas Andrews Email: thomaso@centerline.com
- : > CenterLine Software WWW: http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~thomaso/
-
- : Indeed, I want my code to make portable. And I hope that in the
- : future Java becomes faster.
-
- It is your choice, of course. However, if you want to get results
- now and use a new and clean OO language for scientific computation
- the best one is Sather. Look at http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~sather.
-
- Some {but not enough IMHO} of its good ideas seemed to have gone in to
- Java (whether by knowledge or by independent invention I don't know).
-
-
- : Regards,
- : Jaco van Kooten Email: jvkooten@baan.nl
- : Baan Research
-