Pooma Release 2.4.0

[Jeffrey Oldham]

I've released POOMA version 2.4.0 via
http://www.codesourcery.com/pooma/pooma_download.

Here is the excerpt from the README file:

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RELEASE NOTES v2.4.0

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Version 2.4.0 introduces significant changes to Fields.  An individual
field cell can contain multiple values, and the nearest neighboring
values to a given value can be computed.  Also, each Field supports
multiple materials, and the Field mesh implementation was improved.

Field relations support lazy evaluation of Field values.  That is, a
dependent Field's values can be a function of other Fields' values.
When the dependent Field is used, its values are computed if any of
the other Fields' values have changed since it was last computed.
Using this technique avoids difficulties caused by using values
computed at different times during a computation.

This version incorporates other minor source code changes to support
compilation using g++ version 3.1 and some improvements to POOMA
Fields.  Compilation using g++ version 2.96 is no longer supported.
g++ version 3.1 is freely available at http://gcc.gnu.org/.  POOMA has
also been tested using KAI C++ 4.0e.

This recent POOMA development has been performed by CodeSourcery LLC
(www.codesourcery.com) and Proximation LLC (www.proximation.com) under
funding from the Department of Energy through Los Alamos National
Laboratory.  Despite the license's claims, the latest POOMA code base
and documentation can be found at the latter's WWW site:
                   www.codesourcery.com/pooma/pooma
www.pooma.com is a synonym.

Thanks,
Jeffrey D. Oldham
address@hidden