Digital Equipment Chooses Visual Numerics' IMSL Libraries for The DIGITAL Visual Fortran Bundled Solution.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1997-- New Channel Support for Visual Numerics' IMSL IMSL International Mathematical and Statistical Library IMSL International Mathematics & Statistics Library IMSL Inverted Microstrip Line IMSL Injection Molding Systems Limited IMSL International Mathematical Subroutine Library (R) Fortran 90 MP Library v3.0 Visual Numerics, Inc. announced today that Digital Equipment Corporation has begun shipping its DIGITAL Visual Fortran Professional Edition bundled with the IMSL Fortran 90 MP Library for Windows(R) 95, Windows(R) NT Intel and Windows(R) NT AlphaServer(TM) platforms. DIGITAL's Fortran 90 compiler compiler Computer software that translates (compiles) source code written in a high-level language (e.g., C++) into a set of machine-language instructions that can be understood by a digital computer's CPU. integrates robust Fortran compiler Noun 1. Fortran compiler - a compiler for programs written in FORTRAN compiling program, compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program technology with the Developer Studio integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment from Microsoft(R). DIGITAL Visual Fortran is Fortran I - An early version of Fortran designed by John Backus at IBM for the IBM 704. The design was begun in 1954 and a compiler released in April 1957. the recommended replacement product for Microsoft Fortran PowerStation v4.0. "Bundling our IMSL Fortran 90 MP Library with DIGITAL Visual Fortran provides users with a tool that significantly shortens development time. This is achieved through the use of an intuitive programming interface and the powerful array-oriented data handling features in Fortran 90," said Ted Charter, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development at Visual Numerics. "Visual Numerics enjoys a reputation of leadership and recognized expertise in the development of visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all software. We are delighted to extend our relationship with them," said Jesse Lipcon, Vice President of Digital's Unix and OpenVMS Systems Business Unit. "Digital's technology collaboration with Visual Numerics is great news for the developer community, and is consistent with Digital's long-standing commitment to support accepted standards," Lipcon added. The IMSL Fortran 90 MP Library goes beyond a simple conversion of Visual Numerics' IMSL FORTRAN 77 Library. Many routines were redesigned to take full advantage of enhancements inherent in Fortran 90. Every IMSL FORTRAN 77 function is available in the IMSL Fortran 90 MP Library, allowing users of IMSL technology to easily upgrade from existing Fortran 77 applications to this new environment. Among other functionality, the IMSL Fortran 90 MP Library contains linear operators and generic functions Not to be confused with generalized function. In certain systems for object-oriented programming such as the Common Lisp Object System and Dylan, a generic function is an entity made up of all methods having the same name. that provide this natural programming interface. As a result, it creates Fortran applications quickly and efficiently. This natural programming interface is available through "operator overloading In programming, the ability to use the same operator to perform different operations. For example, arithmetic operators such as +, -, * and / could be defined to perform differently on certain kinds of data. operator overloading - overloading ", a new technique now in the Fortran 90 language. As well, the IMSL Fortran 90 MP Library interface eliminates many traditional programming complications such as long calling lists and scratch arrays. "The combination of the IMSL Libraries and DIGITAL's compiler software provides an incredible amount of development power available on Windows-based environments," added Charter. "Customers using our numerical libraries receive maximum efficiency and gain confidence knowing industry-standard software (IMSL) was used for the mathematical and statistical requirements," he concluded. About Visual Numerics, Inc. Visual Numerics has been providing industry leading software for more than 25 years. Founded in 1970 as IMSL, Inc., Visual Numerics was formed in December 1992 as a result of the merger between Houston-based IMSL and Boulder, Colorado-based Precision Visuals, Inc. The company provides mission-critical decision support software tools for enterprise solutions in business, engineering, research and education worldwide. Visual Numerics is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , and offices in France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Korea and the United Kingdom, in addition to an extensive distributor network. 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