From: Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>
Date: 2010-12-17T03:04:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and science ?

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Michel Demazure <michel@demazure.com>wrote:

> Take for instance 'linalg' for linear algebra. It is based on LAPACK.
> You need a Fortran to c converter, but f2c was deprecated, was replaced
> by g2c, and g2c is deprecated but not replaced, waiting for gfortran...
> Moreover, the compilation chain uses uncompatible versions of the c
> compiler (or even of ruby itself). Whether on Linux (Ubuntu Lucid) or on
> Windows, I had to give up. I understand the situation is not different
> on OSX.


Have you considered trying to use a library like JAMA with JRuby?

http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics/jama/

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Tony Arcieri
Medioh! Kudelski

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