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- From: sonecha@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Vatsal P. Sonecha)
- Subject: Re: essl man pages
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.181925.4065@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: Integrated Software Technologies, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov18.164100.14301@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:19:25 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- In article <1992Nov18.164100.14301@fcom.cc.utah.edu> tim@osiris.usi.utah.edu (Tim Burns) writes:
- >Excuse me if this is a frequently-spit flame, but there doesn't seem to
- >be any discussion of this sort on the comp.unix.aix right now. I was
- >disturbed to find out that IBM does not have any "man" pages for ESSL.
- >This is absolutely inexcusable. First of all, it would be a relatively
- >simple thing to convert the reference manuals to man format. Second,
- >since you don't have the source code, you can't look in the comments to find
- >which parameters to pass to the library. Other numerical packages, like
- >LAPACK, for instance, have extensive man pages on each of their subroutines,
- >AND THEY ARE FREE! I think that the Kingston people need to wake up and
- >realize that we are no longer living in the 1950s and that the MVS approach
- >to scientific computing is completely unacceptable to modern users.
- >
- >This flame is my own and does not represent my employers opinion.
- >
- >
- >--
- > *__T__* Even the most brilliant scientific discoveries will in time
- > _i_ change and perhaps grow obsolete, as new scientific mani-
- > */m\* festations emerge. But Art is eternal; for it reveals the
- > inner landscape which is the soul of man. --Martha Graham
-
-
- I hope you have already found the documentation for your needs, but just in
- case you have not here is the info that I found.
-
- IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library Guide and Reference,
- Catalog # SC23-0184
-
- I think you can have your IBM Marketing Rep, IBM SE order it for you or you
- can call their publications line directly and order it. I don't know how
- much it will cost you, but it should be quite nominal.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
-
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