fwd:GNU seeks ideas for scientific software

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 >Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 17:30:40 +0200
 >From: annard - at - wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Annard Brouwer)
 >Subject: GNU seeks ideas for scientific software
 >To: sci-tools - at - EMBL-Heidelberg.DE
 >To: sci-tools - at - EMBL-Heidelberg.DE
 >Reply-to: rcbaab - at - urc.tue.nl
 >Message-id: <9408071530.AA00338 - at - theborg.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl>
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 >Hello,
 >
 >I thought this could be of some interest to the subscribers of this list...
 >
 >Annard
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 >                     annard - at - stack.urc.tue.nl (NeXTmail appreciated)
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 >
 >
 >Date: Sun, 31 Jul 94 17:23:58 EDT
 >Followup-To: poster
 >From: lenk - at - gnu.ai.mit.edu
 >Subject: Survey: what free scientific, mathematical, statistical software is
 >
 >        wanted?
 >
 >      [ Please repost this wherever you think is appropriate! ]
 >
 >Project GNU of the Free Software Foundation is conducting a survey to
 >determine the kinds of mathematical software commonly utilized by scientists
 >and mathematicians.  Your answers will help us to determine the programming
 >tasks we present to our volunteers.  This will ultimately result in a more
 >complete set of math programs and subroutines available as free software.
 >
 >
 >Please answer the following questions with regard to scientific,
 >mathematical, and/or statistical software:
 >
 >   1.  What packages are commonly used?
 >
 >   2.  What programs and subroutines are desired, but not available?
 >
 >   3.  What freeware currently exists?
 >
 >   4.  Where else can we ask these questions?
 >
 >Please give as much detail as you can, including package name, author,
 >language, and where it can be found.
 >
 >Send responses to math-sw-survey - at - gnu.ai.mit.edu
 >
 >
 >Thank you!
 >
 >
 Greetings
 Markus Krummenacker