Am Mittwoch, den 02.05.2007, 09:02 -0400 schrieb Raymond Toy:
> >>>>> "Detlef" == Detlef Schmicker <d.schmicker at physik.de> writes:
>
> Detlef> Am Dienstag, den 01.05.2007, 18:30 -0400 schrieb Raymond Toy:
> >> Detlef Schmicker wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I read the threads about LAPACK and found it very usefull. I managed to
> >> > get dgeev working.
> >> >
> >> Was it not already working?
> Detlef> Sure it was, it was a little difficult to find argument description :-)
>
> Heh. Ok. I will add some documentation.
>
> I think the names will be the LAPACK names, to make it easier to
> figure out what functions do what. Hopefully, someone who actually
> uses these routines will either come up with a better interface or a
> better name.
>
> Could you file a bug report that the lapack routines are not
> documented?
>
Yes, I will do it!
>
> Detlef> I wonder, where the fortran source of the funktions are in the tree. If
>
> share/lapack/blas/fortran and share/lapack/lapack/fortran
>
OK, this is probably only in the cvs version?! It's not included in the
release candidate maxima-5.11.99rc3.tar.gz package, if I didn't do a
mistake.
> Detlef> I understood correctly the fortran source is compiled to lisp and you
> Detlef> integrated this?! Wouldn't it be good to have this process within the
> Detlef> maxima build process? But maybe I am wrong and it is linked to the libs.
>
> Yes, the Fortran code is converted to Lisp via f2cl. This is done
> just once and the Lisp code is checked in. I guess we do it this way
> so that maxima doesn't need to have f2cl. The defsystem files that
> perform the actual conversion is, however, checked in, so the Lisp
> files can be recreated at anytime.
>
So probably I will have to use cvs version!
> Ray
>