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Re: [Fink-users] atlas dependency

Alexander Hansen
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:57:06 -0800

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On 1/27/10 6:36 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
> Aldo Dall'Aglio wrote:
> []
>> does anyone know what is the difference between scilab-atlas and the 
>> atlas package?
> 
> Scilab-atlas is a variant of the scilab package that uses the atlas 
> libraries instead of the built-in acceleration frameworks. IMHO the 
> microscopic performance gain (if any) obtained by this has ceased to be 
> interesting around MacOSX 10.2 or so. Trying to build and use atlas on 
> recent versions of MacOSX is a kind of sport that most users won't need 
> or want to participate in.
> 

There's another difference.  scilab-atlas includes GTK graphics
(packaging decision by the last person to touch it; not intrinsic to atlas)

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Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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