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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:17:16 -0700
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machleid AT uidaho DOT edu wrote:
> Is there anybody out there who has tried to use the 
> Fortran77 IMSL (International Math and Stat Library
> of Fortran77 routines) on cygwin?
> 
> The problem with the IMSL is that it is sold only in compiled
> form (by Visual Numerics and by Absoft). They don't sell
> the sourse codes. If one could get a hand on the source codes,
> the problem would be solved, since one could then simply recompile
> all codes with the g77 compiler on cygwin.
> 

> Any advice is appreciate.
You must already know your choices: choose open software which does the 
job for you, or buy one of the Fortran/IMSL packages, such as Intel 
(Windows only) or Absoft.  Trying to violate the IMSL license in one way 
or another is not worth it.

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