HP MLIB User's Guide Vol. 1 7th Ed.

2 HP MLIB User’s Guide
Chapter objectives
Hewlett-Packard scientific libraries. Refer to the Appendix, “Converting from
LINPACK or EISPACK” in the LAPACK Users’ Guide, for assistance converting
programs that currently call LINPACK or EISPACK routines to call LAPACK
or VECLIB routines instead.
This chapter provides information necessary for efficient use of VECLIB and
includes discussions of:
• Standardization
• Accessing VECLIB
• Optimization
• Parallel processing
• Roundoff effects
• Data types and precision
• VECLIB naming convention
• Data type and byte length
• Operator arguments
• Error handling
• HP MLIB man pages
• Troubleshooting
Chapter objectives
After reading this chapter you will:
• Know how to access VECLIB library subprograms
• Understand how VECLIB works in a parallel computing environment
• Understand VECLIB naming conventions
• Understand roundoff effects
• Understand how VECLIB handles errors
• Know how to access the online HP MLIB man pages
• Know what to do if you experience trouble using VECLIB subprograms