The IMSL Fortran Library allows users to leverage the high-performance technology of shared memory parallelism (SMP) when their environment supports it. Support for SMP systems within the IMSL Library is delivered through various means, depending upon the availability of technologies such as OpenMP, high performance BLAS, and hardware-specific IMSL algorithms. Use of the IMSL Fortran Library on SMP systems can be achieved by using the appropriate link environment variable when building your application. Details on the available link environment variables for your installation of the IMSL Fortran Library can be found in the online README file of the product distribution.

This introduction has acquainted you with a few general characteristics of IMSL STAT LIBRARY. If you are using the STAT LIBRARY at a computer center, the computer center consultant will provide the details necessary to use the IMSL routines on your computer system.