How to install NAS benchmark
NAS benchmark link: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/publications/npb.html
For Ubuntu, remember to install gfortran (sudo apt-get install gfortran) and change config/make.def to install NAS benchmark. Other distros are similar.
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