Portability of numerical software workshop, Oak Brook, Illinois, June 21-23, 1976
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Wayne Cowell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin ; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer-Verlag
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1977
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(viii, 539 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Lecture notes in computer science, 57.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
What is portability? --; Some side effects of striving for portability --; Machine characteristics and portability --; Machine requirements for reliable, portable software --; Semantics of floating point arithmetic and elementary functions --; Machine parameters for numerical analysis --; Preparing conventions for parameters for transportable numerical software --; Programming languages and portability --; Algol 68 as a language for numerical software --; Writing the elementary function procedures for the ALGOL68C compiler --; Criteria for transportable algol libraries --; Fortran portability via models and tools --; Port --; A portable mathematical subroutine library --; Fortran poisoning and antidotes --; Two numerical analysts' views on the draft proposed ans fortran --; Intermediate languages: Current status --; Computer-assisted portability --; Mathematical software transportability systems have the variations a theme? --; Features for fortran portability --; The IMSL fortran converter: An approach to solving portability problems --; Aids to portability within the NAG project --; Multiple program realizations using the tampr system --; Software design to facilitate portability --; The production and testing of special function software in the NAG library --; Portable special function routines --; The importance of standardized interfaces for portable statistical software --; Exploring the impact of portability --; On the enhancement of portability within the NAG project --; A statistical survey --; A study of portability in technical and scientific computing.