History: Late 60’s - Early 70’s Wilkinson-Reinsch Handbook

“In general we have aimed to include only algorithms that provide something approaching an optimal solution, this may be from the point of view of generality, elegance, speed, or economy of storage.”
- Part 1 Linear System
- Part 2 Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem

Before publishing Handbook
- Virginia Klema and others at ANL began translation of the Algol procedures into Fortran subroutines

“In general we have aimed to include only algorithms that provide something approaching an optimal solution, this may be from the point of view of generality, elegance, speed, or economy of storage.”