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New Python Wrappers for the IMSL(r) C Library Deliver Powerful Prototype to Production Numerical Application Development

HOUSTON, TX - August 19, 2008 Visual Numerics, Inc., a 37-year producer of advanced numerical analysis and visualization software, announced the immediate availability of PyIMSL, a pre-built, fully-tested and documented collection of Python wrappers to the mathematical and statistical algorithms in the IMSL C Numerical Library. With PyIMSL, developers can use Python and the IMSL C Library for rapid prototyping of numerical applications. For production applications, they can then directly deploy the Python application into production or if they choose to rewrite the application in C/C++, use the same mathematical and statistical algorithms in both development environments. PyIMSL is unique in that developers get consistency between the algorithms used for prototyping as used for production, reducing the cost and time-to-market to move numerical applications from prototype to production.

Visual Numerics has developed Python wrappers for all IMSL C Library numerical analysis functionality. Developers can now write applications in Python and have PyIMSL wrappers call code in IMSL C Library DLLs or shared libraries. The PyIMSL API closely matches the IMSL C Library API, so any applications that are taken from a Python prototype to a C/C++ production environment will make use of the IMSL C Library mathematics and statistics functions by simply calling the same API. With no differences in prototype and production algorithms, developers can create applications quicker and with fewer differences that need to be resolved.

PyIMSL is available for immediate use. PyIMSL is available at no charge to current IMSL C Library customers and developers must have the IMSL C Library V5.5 or higher installed to use PyIMSL.

For the full press release, please visit http://www.vni.com/company/press/pressReleases/pyimsl.php