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## OpenLIBM
## OpenLibm
OpenLIBM is an effort to have a high quality standalone LIBM
library. It is meant to be used standalone in applications and
programming language implementations.
OpenLibm is an effort to have a high quality, portable, standalone
`libm` library. It can be used standalone in applications and
programming language implementations.
OpenLibm builds on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, and with little effort,
should build on FreeBSD as well. It builds with both, GCC and clang.
The project was born out of a need to have a good `libm` for the
[Julia programming langage](http://www.julialang.org) that worked
consistently across compilers and operating systems, and in 32-bit and
64-bit environments.
The OpenLIBM code derives from the FreeBSD msun implementation, which
in turn derives from FDLIBM 5.3. As a result, it has a number of fixes and
updates that have accumulated over the years in msun, and also optimized
assembly versions of many functions.
### History
### Build instructions:
The OpenLibm code derives from the [FreeBSD
msun](http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD/development/FreeBSD-CVS/src/lib/msun/)
implementation, which in turn derives from [FDLIBM
5.3](http://www.netlib.org/fdlibm/). As a result, it includes a number
of fixes and updates to FDLIBM that have accumulated over the years in
`msun`, and optimized versions of many functions.
1. `make` or `make USEGCC=1` to build with GCC.
2. `make USECLANG=1` to build with clang.
### Platform support
OpenLibm builds on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, and with little
effort, should build on FreeBSD as well. It builds with both, GCC and
clang. Although largely tested on x86, it also includes experimental
support for ARM. The original `msun` also includes support for mips,
sparc64, powerpc, ia64, and alpha. These are present in the OpenLibm
source tree, but no attempt has been made to build any of these.
### Build instructions
1. `make` or `make USEGCC=1` to build with GCC. This is the default on
Linux and Windows.
2. `make USECLANG=1` to build with clang. This is the default on OS X.