------------------------------ From: Jack DongarraDate: Tue, 26 May 1998 16:56:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: LAPACK-to-Java The first public release of the Java LAPACK (version 0.3 beta) is available for download at the following URL: http://www.cs.utk.edu/f2j/download.html The JLAPACK project provides the LAPACK and BLAS numerical subroutines translated from their Fortran 77 source into class files, executable by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and suitable for use by Java programmers. This makes it possible for a Java application or applet distributed on the web to use established legacy numerical code that was originally written in Fortran. The translation was accomplished using a special purpose Fortran-to-Java (source-to-source) compiler. The Java LAPACK is distributed as several packages of class files which the Java programmer may import similarly to the java.lang.Math package. Source code is also included for reference, although for technical reasons, it may not be possible for users to recompile code containing GOTOs. These class files are provided to enable LAPACK capabilities, not to provide a highly efficient version of the library. Although over time we expect an efficient Java version of the BLAS to be available. There is some javadoc-generated documentation for BLAS and LAPACK at: http://www.cs.utk.edu/f2j/docs/html/packages.html For general information on the Java LAPACK and Fortran-to-Java translation, visit us at: http://www.cs.utk.edu/f2j Jack Dongarra and Keith Seymour ------------------------------