``nlm(.) with derivatives''

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "DougB" == Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu> writes:

    DougB> .......
    DougB> .......  { time comparisons in testing  lme(..) for R }
    DougB> .......

    DougB> This can be expected to run faster when a version of nlm that accepts
    DougB> gradients and Hessians is available.			---

Doug, do I understand properly that it won't be you 
who will work on this?

Do we have volunteers 
  [who also are knowledgable in numerical optimization,..]?
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