Resources

We have collected a number of resources that have proven their value to us in our decades long experience with numerical computing.

Articles

• Mapping IP addresses to country codes
• Floating Point in .NET Part 1: Concepts and Formats

Numerical software

• Netlib. Online code repository of numerical software.
• The Object-Oriented Numerics Page An index of libraries, tools, conferences, and mailing lists

API Usability

• Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers from Microsoft.

• Measuring API Usability by Steven Clarke. Dr. Dobbs Journal Special Windows/.NET supplement, May 2004.
• Steven Clarke’s Weblog has information on the Cognitive Dimensions framework for API usability.
• Brad Abrams posts updates to the design guidelines on a regular basis.

Charting software

A picture is worth a thousand words. For your technical charting purposes, we recommend GigaSoft ProEssentials.