about writing test applications

ska is after me to to use scalapack and I am sure he wont let me out until i am done...
i founsd a good substitute for it :
http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics/jama/

but he is not very pleased :''(. I guess now until I use scalapack he wont let me out..he told me anyways you have to register fo summer boohoohooo.