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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: fyi, small update to Ada LAPACK and BLAS binding
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:40:55 +0100
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Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:37:12 -0700 (PDT), Ada novice <shai.lesh@gmx.com>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.ada:
>
>> Thanks Nasser. You're right in hoping that AdaCore would show
>> interest in lapack/blas. These libraries are important.
>>
> 	If AdaCore did include them as part of their standard release,
> it would mean they'd also have to offer full support for them to their
> paying clients. In essence, they'd have to take over full maintenance
> of the packages.

And the fact that AdaCore don't include them is a pretty strong
indication that their paying customers[1] don't need them (or, perhaps,
need the facilities but are happy with in-house bindings, or even the
ones that Nasser has been working on).

[1] http://www.adacore.com/customers