HP-UX 11i June 2001 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i Operating Environment Applications

HP-UX 11i Technical Computing Operating Environment (new at 11i original release)

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subprograms have been tuned and optimized for Hewlett-Packard

computers.

This version simpliﬁes sparse solver interface use and improves its

performance. Version 4.0 of the METIS reordering technology has been

incorporated.

You can now use the C or C++ compiler to link applications built with

MLIB. Previous to this release, you were required to link using the

Fortran compiler when using VECLIB or LAPACK.

Documentation

For more detailed documentation and additional product information,

see:

• The HP MLIB User’s Guide (new for 11i) and the HP MLIB Release

Notice (revised) available on the HP-UX 11i Instant Information CD

and on the web by selecting “Product Information” at:

http://www.hp.com/rsn/mlib/mlibhome.html/

• Manpages:

— BLAS Standard manpages (new for 11i)

— LAPACK 3.0 manpages (revised)

— VECLIB manpages (revised)

HP 3D Technology for the Java Platform

The HP 3D Technology for the Java Platform Version 1.1.3a contains the

classes for creating 3D applications. The HP 3D Technology for the Java

Platform may be distributed with your Java applications as long as you

adhere to the terms of the LICENSE ﬁle. Vendors also need to include an

installer.

This release for HP-UX 11i is a maintenance release which provides

numerous defect ﬁxes. In addition, some improvements have been made

in the area of memory release.

An enhancement has been made to ensure that HP 3D Technology for

the Java Platform releases memory when a branch graph is detached

from the scene graph. In some cases however, you may need to detach the

View from the scene graph to release the memory.