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> Finally, regarding alternatives like GSL, ccmath, or whatever is available on netlib, those projects post-date NR.

No, Netlib started in April 1985[1], though as a physicist or engineer you likely had access to NAG or something similar already. It must have made an impression on me as I still remember F02ABF... (I hasten to add I hit scientific computing early in life.)

1. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.73...



Correction: That date is when the Netlib email service for the existing collection started.




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