BLAS is pretty old, with a first release in 1979. Even though modern computers likely don't use any of the old BLAS code, they still have implementations that

BLAS is pretty old, with a first release in 1979. Even though modern computers likely don't use any of the old BLAS code, they still have implementations that respect the original API. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Linear_Algebra_Subprograms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Linear_Algebra_Subprog...