LAPACK
Shares rank 2 of 3 linear algebra libraries by recommenders
Long-standing Fortran linear algebra library behind many numerical libraries, with C and other-language bindings available. Some cases need special care.
Long-standing Fortran linear algebra library behind many numerical libraries, with C and other-language bindings available. Some cases need special care.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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Why people recommend it
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Has C version and language bindings
“in my postdoc I wrote a generator that wrote JNI bindings for LAPACK”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Celebrating 70 Years of Fortran” “If you want a C version of LAPACK I have one for you”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Mojo 1.0 Beta”
Other linear algebra libraries people recommend
The two most recommended other linear algebra libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eigen C++ library | 10 | 4 | 71% | 7 | — | Approved |
| LAPACKThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Intel MKL | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“in my postdoc I wrote a generator that wrote JNI bindings for LAPACK”
“so many foundational libraries were implemented in Fortran”
“There are ways to handle it with LAPACK, but you'll still need special care.”
“I've also had terrible performance with Eigen when compared to LAPACK.”
“If you want a C version of LAPACK I have one for you”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.