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Port — A portable mathematical subroutine library

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Portability of Numerical Software

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 57))

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The PORT mathematical subroutine library, developed at Bell Laboratories, is described. Library subprograms are written in a mechanically verifiable subset (PFORT) of ANS Fortran. Adaptation to a particular computer/compiler environment is achieved by calls to Fortran function subprograms defining environment-dependent quantities. Scratch storage in PORT is provided by a dynamic storage allocation scheme implemented as a package of simple portable Fortran subprograms. PORT is installed and in use on a wide variety of computers.

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  1. P. A. Fox
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Wayne Cowell

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Fox, P.A. (1977). Port — A portable mathematical subroutine library. In: Cowell, W. (eds) Portability of Numerical Software. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-08446-0_42

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