C programming
-------------

Fedora Scientific includes the ``gcc`` C compiler. The manual for the
GNU C library is available `here
<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/>`__. 

GNU Scientific Library
======================

The `GNU Scientific Library
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/>`__ is a C/C++
library providing a extensive collection of mathematical 
routines. 

A mailing list for seeking help is also `available
<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl>`__. 

Parallel and Distributed Computing
==================================

openmpi
~~~~~~~

`openmpi <http://www.open-mpi.org/>`__ is an open source implementation
of the Message Passing Standard (MPI-2). The official documentation is
available `here <http://www.open-mpi.org/doc/v1.7/>`__ and some of the
ways of getting help is listed on `this
<http://www.open-mpi.org/community/help/>`__  page.

pvm (parallel virtual machine)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

`pvm <http://www.csm.ornl.gov/pvm/>`__ is a set of tools
and libraries enabling parallel computing across an interconnected
heterogeneous network of computing units. This `book
<http://www.csm.ornl.gov/pvm/>`__ is a good starting point.

libgomp
~~~~~~~

`libgomp <http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libgomp/index.html>`__ is the
GNU implementation of the `Open MP <http://www.openmp.org/>`__ API for
shared memory programming.