The netlib BLAS implementation is an excellent reference, being mostly un-optimized and well documented (e.g. zgemm). However, it is in Fortran 77, making it somewhat inaccessible to those with a more modern programming education. Is there a reference-level implementation of BLAS, like netlib, in C/C++?
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Is there a reference-level implementation of BLAS in C/C++?
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Have you looked at GNU Scientific Library's implementation? I find the source code to be sufficiently readable and the routines are well documented.
answered Oct 27 '13 at 17:31
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Is there a reference-level implementation of BLAS in C/C++?
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The netlib BLAS implementation is an excellent reference, being mostly un-optimized and well documented (e.g. zgemm). However, it is in Fortran 77, making it somewhat inaccessible to those with a more modern programming education. Is there a reference-level implementation of BLAS, like netlib, in C/C++?
asked Oct 27 '13 at 17:05
Max Hutchinson
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Have you looked at GNU Scientific Library's implementation? I find the source code to be sufficiently readable and the routines are well documented.
answered Oct 27 '13 at 17:31
Juan M. Bello-Rivas
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Looks good to me. The documentation is a bit lacking, but the variable names are chosen well enough that I think its clear. I'll probably prepend the opening comment of the netlib BLAS routines. What exactly do you take issue with? Do you have an alternative? - Max Hutchinson Oct 28 '13 at 10:21
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