Rigorously Tested Numerical Routines, NAG Library for .NET

Aerospace engineers and manufacturers who develop applications in the Microsoft .NET environment and program in C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++ or F# can now incorporate the methods from one of the most extensively tested and comprehensively documented numerical libraries in the world,
Aerospace engineers and manufacturers who develop applications in the Microsoft .NET environment and program in C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++ or F# can now incorporate the methods from one of the most extensively tested and comprehensively documented numerical libraries in the world, The NAG Library, by using a new version developed specifically for that environment.
The NAG Library for .NET provides the algorithms developed by the Numerical Algorithm Group (NAG) in areas such as optimization, curve and surface fitting, FFTs, interpolation, linear algebra, wavelet transforms, quadrature, correlation and regression analysis, random number generators and time series analysis.  The Library also incorporates extensive documentation and references, and makes this available from the Visual Studio help systems, to enable users to fully understand the usage of the methods and to guide them to the most appropriate method for the solution of their problem.
For a complete listing of methods included in the NAG Library for .NET see (http://www.nag.com/numeric/DT/DTdescription.asp )
Jes Sherborne, Managing Principal of Software Development with ZS Associates, a leading marketing and sales consulting firm with clients in over 70 countries, said ‘As long-time users of the NAG routines, we’ve come to trust their depth, reliability, and performance. With the release of the NAG Library for .NET, we’re especially pleased because it will make it even easier to use the library in our C# applications.’
Being able to call the NAG Library methods easily from the .NET environment, will appeal to users from many disciplines. For example, prototype versions of the NAG Library for .NET are already being used by a number of the world’s leading finance organizations, where demands for both accuracy and rapid application development are key to commercial success.  NAG developed the .NET Library in response to requests from both new potential users and longstanding users of the existing versions of the NAG Library.
 

Rigorously Tested Numerical Routines, NAG Library for .NET

Aerospace engineers and manufacturers who develop applications in the Microsoft .NET environment and program in C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++ or F# can now incorporate the methods from one of the most extensively tested and comprehensively documented numerical libraries in the world,
Aerospace engineers and manufacturers who develop applications in the Microsoft .NET environment and program in C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++ or F# can now incorporate the methods from one of the most extensively tested and comprehensively documented numerical libraries in the world, The NAG Library, by using a new version developed specifically for that environment.
The NAG Library for .NET provides the algorithms developed by the Numerical Algorithm Group (NAG) in areas such as optimization, curve and surface fitting, FFTs, interpolation, linear algebra, wavelet transforms, quadrature, correlation and regression analysis, random number generators and time series analysis.  The Library also incorporates extensive documentation and references, and makes this available from the Visual Studio help systems, to enable users to fully understand the usage of the methods and to guide them to the most appropriate method for the solution of their problem.
For a complete listing of methods included in the NAG Library for .NET see (http://www.nag.com/numeric/DT/DTdescription.asp )
Jes Sherborne, Managing Principal of Software Development with ZS Associates, a leading marketing and sales consulting firm with clients in over 70 countries, said ‘As long-time users of the NAG routines, we’ve come to trust their depth, reliability, and performance. With the release of the NAG Library for .NET, we’re especially pleased because it will make it even easier to use the library in our C# applications.’
Being able to call the NAG Library methods easily from the .NET environment, will appeal to users from many disciplines. For example, prototype versions of the NAG Library for .NET are already being used by a number of the world’s leading finance organizations, where demands for both accuracy and rapid application development are key to commercial success.  NAG developed the .NET Library in response to requests from both new potential users and longstanding users of the existing versions of the NAG Library.
 

US Marines Shoot RROD’ed Xbox 360, Shouting “F#*% You, Microsoft!” Read more: http://www.lazygamer.net/us-marines-shoot-rroded-xbox-360-shouting-f-you-microsoft/#ixzz14ioJhxov

Well someone’s not happy. That someone happens to actually be a group of US Marines overseas who weren’t very happy to find out that their Xbox 360 had fallen victim to the infamous Red Ring Of Death.
Since getting it repaired was a bit of a tall order, they decided to do a little repairing themselves, with some very large and very real firearms. As if unleashing a couple zillion rounds of ammo into an Xbox 360 wasn’t already a big enough insult to Microsoft, one of the Marines kicks off the massacre with a loud and proud “F#*% You, Microsoft!”.
Firstly, yes, Marines do get Xboxes. Second, no, I don’t know if they play Call of Duty right before going out on real missions. Three, don’t they have better things to do than waste ammo (money) on a console that clearly needed no assistance in destroying itself in the first place?

US Marines Shoot RROD’ed Xbox 360, Shouting “F#*% You, Microsoft!” Read more: http://www.lazygamer.net/us-marines-shoot-rroded-xbox-360-shouting-f-you-microsoft/#ixzz14ioJhxov

Well someone’s not happy. That someone happens to actually be a group of US Marines overseas who weren’t very happy to find out that their Xbox 360 had fallen victim to the infamous Red Ring Of Death.
Since getting it repaired was a bit of a tall order, they decided to do a little repairing themselves, with some very large and very real firearms. As if unleashing a couple zillion rounds of ammo into an Xbox 360 wasn’t already a big enough insult to Microsoft, one of the Marines kicks off the massacre with a loud and proud “F#*% You, Microsoft!”.
Firstly, yes, Marines do get Xboxes. Second, no, I don’t know if they play Call of Duty right before going out on real missions. Three, don’t they have better things to do than waste ammo (money) on a console that clearly needed no assistance in destroying itself in the first place?

Microsoft releases F# under open source license

Microsoft has released into full open source the code of its functional programming language, called F#.

The company has made version 2.0 of F# compiler and core library available under an Apache 2.0 open source license, according to a blog item posted by Don Syme, a Microsoft principal researcher who developed and maintains the code.

"This release reinforces the commitment Microsoft are making to F#," Syme wrote.

Formerly, the code was available under a Microsoft shared-source license, and the binary, or ready-to-run, versions have been free for downloading for some time, either as a stand-alone package or as a plug-in to Microsoft Visual Studio.

With the release, the development team will move to what they call the "code drop" model, in which new versions of compiler library code will be released along with new releases of the language itself. The code is made available as part of the F# PowerPack.

F# is a functional programming language. Programs written in functional languages are different from most procedural languages, such as Java, in that they are written as a series of mathematical functions.

Although widely considered to be more efficient than standard procedural languages, traditional functional languages, such as Haskell and OCaml, have gained a reputation for being difficult to use. F# updates the traditional functional paradigm by adding in modern programming concepts such as object oriented programming,

Microsoft releases F# under open source license

Microsoft has released into full open source the code of its functional programming language, called F#.

The company has made version 2.0 of F# compiler and core library available under an Apache 2.0 open source license, according to a blog item posted by Don Syme, a Microsoft principal researcher who developed and maintains the code.

"This release reinforces the commitment Microsoft are making to F#," Syme wrote.

Formerly, the code was available under a Microsoft shared-source license, and the binary, or ready-to-run, versions have been free for downloading for some time, either as a stand-alone package or as a plug-in to Microsoft Visual Studio.

With the release, the development team will move to what they call the "code drop" model, in which new versions of compiler library code will be released along with new releases of the language itself. The code is made available as part of the F# PowerPack.

F# is a functional programming language. Programs written in functional languages are different from most procedural languages, such as Java, in that they are written as a series of mathematical functions.

Although widely considered to be more efficient than standard procedural languages, traditional functional languages, such as Haskell and OCaml, have gained a reputation for being difficult to use. F# updates the traditional functional paradigm by adding in modern programming concepts such as object oriented programming,

Security firm protests Microsoft updates

Microsoft has added its Windows Security Essentials package to the list of optional downloads available through its automated updates. That’s prompted complaints from one security software manufacturer that such practice is uncompetitive.
Trend Micro says tying the Windows Update system to software applications may breach competition rules. It describes Microsoft’s actions as “a vendor using market leverage to drive its solution in some unfair way.”
The dispute may become extremely complicated from a legal perspective thanks to the way Microsoft is distributing the security software. Technically its on offer through Microsoft Update, which takes care of updates for standalone Microsoft updates, rather than through Windows Update, which does the same for the operating system itself.
However, in Vista and Windows 7, Windows Update automatically checks for updates from Microsoft Update. (See what I mean about confusing?)
For its part, Microsoft is stressing that the service is an entirely optional download and that no users will have it installed unless they specifically opt to do so. (That’s in contrast to Internet Explorer being installed by default in Windows which, to say the least, has caused regulatory problems.) It also notes that Windows Security Essentials is only offered to customers who don’t appear to have any form of security product already in place.
To me, this appears to be a case of Microsoft’s past behavior coming back to bite it. In principle, a software company producing free security software and offering it on an optional basis to users that don’t already have a rival security package in place should be seen as a good thing.
The problem is that Microsoft has such as history of blurring the line between Windows and Microsoft-produced applications that it shouldn’t really be surprising when an independent application developer comes up with such a complaint, even if, as seems to be the case here, it’s simply trying its luck.