SifDec is a decoder. It tranlates test problems, written in so-called
Standard Input Format (SIF), into well-defined Fortran 77 and data
files. Once translated, these files may be manipulated to provide tools
suitable for testing optimization packages.

The SIF is a superset of the MPS modelling language. SifDec can
therefore decode any Linear Program coded in MPS format.

SifDec used to be part of, and has been extensively used with, the CUTE
testing environment and is now a vital component of the CUTEr testing
environment, which includes ready-to-use interfaces to existing
packages, such as MINOS, SNOPT, filterSQP, KNITRO, but could also serve
different purposes.

Novel features include the ability to decode parameterized test
problems, and to prepare the decoded problem for packages using
automatic differentiation techniques.

1. build dependencies:
   1. gcc-fortran