[boost] blas, lapack, cblas and amos bindings

From: Toon Knapen (toon.knapen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-10 00:43:22

Totally new BLAS and LAPACK bindings have been checked in at the 
boost-sandbox in boost/numeric/bindings.

These new bindings can be used for ublas matrices, boost::array, std::vector, 
tnt etc. thanks to a uniform interface for all these  container-types
(in boost/numeric/bindings/traits) developed by Kresimir Fresl.
It also contains detection of the fortran link-compatibility.

The blas-bindings contains an extensive regression-test which at the same 
time serves as a performance test of the native ublas implementation in 
respect to (vendor-tuned) blas. (more info in 
libs/numeric/bindings/blas/test/index.html and 
libs/numeric/bindings/index.html)

Note that the bindings are not complete but the 'framework' is there and it's 
just a matter of time to complete them.

toon

BTW: there has been extensive discussion on this topic at the ublas-dev 
mailinglist, see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ublas-dev/