<s>
SLATEC	B-Application
Common	I-Application
Mathematical	I-Application
Library	I-Application
is	O
a	O
FORTRAN	O
77	O
library	O
of	O
over	O
1400	O
general	O
purpose	O
mathematical	O
and	O
statistical	O
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
US	O
Government	O
research	O
laboratories	O
and	O
is	O
therefore	O
public	B-Application
domain	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
SLATEC	B-Application
"	O
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
the	O
Sandia	O
,	O
Los	O
Alamos	O
,	O
Air	O
Force	O
Weapons	O
Laboratory	O
Technical	O
Exchange	O
Committee	O
,	O
an	O
organization	O
formed	O
in	O
1974	O
to	O
foster	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
technical	O
information	O
between	O
the	O
computer	O
centers	O
of	O
three	O
US	O
government	O
laboratories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1977	O
,	O
the	O
SLATEC	B-Application
Common	I-Application
Mathematical	I-Application
Library	I-Application
(	O
CML	O
)	O
Subcommittee	O
decided	O
to	O
construct	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
FORTRAN	O
subprograms	O
to	O
provide	O
portable	O
,	O
non-proprietary	O
,	O
mathematical	O
software	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
at	O
the	O
three	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
repository	O
for	O
SLATEC	B-Application
is	O
Netlib	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNU	B-Application
Scientific	I-Application
Library	I-Application
(	O
GSL	O
)	O
,	O
initiated	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
stable	O
since	O
2001	O
,	O
was	O
started	O
with	O
the	O
explicit	O
aim	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
more	O
modern	O
replacement	O
for	O
SLATEC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
subroutine	O
in	O
SLATEC	B-Application
is	O
tagged	O
as	O
belonging	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
13	O
subpackages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
subpackages	O
are	O
also	O
well	O
known	O
as	O
free-standing	O
FORTRAN	O
subprogram	O
libraries	O
,	O
including	O
BLAS	B-Application
,	O
EISPACK	B-Application
,	O
FFTPACK	B-Application
,	O
LINPACK	B-Application
and	O
QUADPACK	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
