They also agreed that the programmer is most interested in shared address space. The also agreed that for compiling and building, there is no standard. Standard API can be used to determine the location of certain data. Users want the freedom to change location of data with each release. Does not mean sharing.
Any time there is a patch, have an identifier.
In next 3 years, a great desire for this library functionality. Trey White agreed to check it out and report back to the group. The group agreed that, with respect to libraries, efficiency and functionality are two different issues. They also acknowledged the fact that here are obvious holes in libraries in the area of special functions. It was pointed out that section 3.4.5 provides some sparse matrix.