validlab Java numerics page (original) (raw)

This page contains references to discussions about high-performance numerical computing in Java.

Proposals for extensions to Java, or for new languages similar to Java, include:

• How Java's Floating-Point Hurts Everyone Everywhere slides by W. Kahan.
• Sun proposes modification to Java programming language's floating point specification Sun press release
• Evolution of Numerical Computing in Java James Gosling's thoughts about possible Java futures
• JavaNumerics from Java Grande Forum
• Java Grande Forum organized by Geoffrey Fox
• realjava by Jerome Coonen, in HTML
• realjava by Jerome Coonen, in ASCII
• Borneo a project of students of W. Kahan of UCB
• Proposals by Roger Golliver of Intel

My own comments include a discussion of the numerical issues I deem critical:

• in ASCII
• in tbl | troff -ms
• in Postscript
• in PDF and what I consider to be the over-arching business issues that get in the way:
• in ASCII and my recollection of the historical context of the Java - x86 performance issues:
• in ASCII
• in tbl | troff -ms
• in Postscript
• in PDF

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