<div dir="ltr">On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 8:30 AM, John Fettig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.fettig@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.fettig@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Is there a collection of utility routines used for interfacing to externalpackages? For example, I imagine that converting to different kinds of sparse formats is somewhat common. Or are the inputs to the externalpackages that PETSc interfaces with all so different that no such common routines exist?<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>So far, yes, all packages bask in their individuality.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div></div>The two external solvers I would like to create an interface for are WSMP and MKL's PARDISO. Has this been done?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>No. Those both problems for redistribution, so we have avoided them.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,<br>John<br><br></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.<br>
-- Norbert Wiener
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