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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is anyone using the LAPACK linear algebra wrappers? Since they are not 
subclasses of GenericFoo, I suggest that we remove them and users use 
Armadillo (http://arma.sourceforge.net/) instead when wanting to access 
LAPACK/ATLAS functions. Armadillo is very easy to use. Any objections to 
removing the LAPACK wrappers?

We have a Blueprint for wrapping Armadillo, but this would only be 
worthwhile if we want to assemble into an Armadillo-based object. Since 
Armadillo will most commonly be used for small matrices when performance 
is critical, and expression templates are one of its very attractive 
features, I don't see much point in wrapping it.

Garth