# LAPACK

5 Hacker News commenters recommended LAPACK and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Long-standing Fortran linear algebra library behind many numerical libraries, with C and other-language bindings available. Some cases need special care.

## Why people recommend it

- Has C version and language bindings (2 comments): "in my postdoc I wrote a generator that wrote JNI bindings for LAPACK" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50106701)) "If you want a C version of LAPACK I have one for you" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48083726))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Eigen C++ library](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eigen.md): 10 recommend
- [Intel MKL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intel-mkl.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LAPACK", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lapack/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).