Chapter objectives

Hewlett-Packard scientific libraries. Refer to the Appendix, “Converting from LINPACK or EISPACK” in the LAPACK Users’ Guide, for assistance converting programs that currently call LINPACK or EISPACK routines to call LAPACK or VECLIB routines instead.

This chapter provides information necessary for efficient use of VECLIB and includes discussions of:

Standardization

Accessing VECLIB

Optimization

Parallel processing

Roundoff effects

Data types and precision

VECLIB naming convention

Data type and byte length

Operator arguments

Error handling

HP MLIB man pages

Troubleshooting

Chapter objectives

After reading this chapter you will:

Know how to access VECLIB library subprograms

Understand how VECLIB works in a parallel computing environment

Understand VECLIB naming conventions

Understand roundoff effects

Understand how VECLIB handles errors

Know how to access the online HP MLIB man pages

Know what to do if you experience trouble using VECLIB subprograms

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