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Advances in Software Tools for Scientific Computing pp 57–87Cite as

Blitz++: The Library that Thinks it is a Compiler

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Blitz++ provides dense numeric arrays for C++ with performance on par with Fortran. It does so by using “template techniques” (expression templates and template metaprograms). In addition to fast performance, Blitz++ arrays pro­vide many nice notations and features not available in Fortran 90.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Todd L. Veldhuizen

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1080, 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Hans Petter Langtangen

  2. Numerical Objects A.S., P.O. Box 124 Blindern, 0314, Oslo, Norway

    Are Magnus Bruaset

  3. SINTEF Applied Mathematics, P.O. Box 124 Blindern, 0314, Oslo, Norway

    Ewald Quak

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Veldhuizen, T.L. (2000). Blitz++: The Library that Thinks it is a Compiler. In: Langtangen, H.P., Bruaset, A.M., Quak, E. (eds) Advances in Software Tools for Scientific Computing. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57172-5_2

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