Glas List: [glas] Standards development by Numerical Mathematics Consortium

From: Jon Pearce (j.pearce_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-04 02:34:41

Dear All,

The following recent announcement may perhaps be of interest :

Numerical Mathematics Consortium Proposes Open Standard for Algorithm 
Development

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Leading Software Providers such as INRIA (Scilab Publisher), Maplesoft, 
Mathsoft and National Instruments Launch Consortium

WATERLOO, Canada & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- 
Aug. 9, 2005 -- The Numerical Mathematics Consortium today announced 
that leading mathematics software vendors and interested individuals 
from industry and academia are working together to define a consistent 
and manageable foundation for numerical programming. The organization is 
committed to establishing an open mathematical semantics standard for 
numerical algorithm development to enable portability and reuse among 
tools, platforms and disciplines.

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The full article is available at
   http://www.nmconsortium.org/news/release.aspx?id=22

Best wishes

Jon