[R] ATLAS version for Rblas.dll under Windows; was: (no subject)

[Uwe Ligges]

Bing Ho wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I noticed that the README found in /bin/windows/contrib/ATLAS indicates that
> the ATLAS version is 3.4.1. According to the ATLAS sourceforge site, 3.6.0
> the latest stable version.
> 
> Does anybody know if the ATLAS Rblas.dll are 3.4.1 or 3.6.0, and if they are
> not the latest version, is there a technical reason why they have not been
> updated?

Version is as indicated 3.4.1.
The reason is that nobody had a reason to build updated versions.

If you are volunteering to build Rblas.dll files based on new ATLAS 
versions for various platforms such as P2, P3, P4, Xeon, AthlonXP, 
Athlon64 (32-bit), you are welocme to contribute, of course.

Uwe Ligges


> Thank you,
> Bing Ho
> 
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