imported a reworked version of BTL (Benchmark for Templated Libraries).

the modifications to initial code follow:
* changed build system from plain makefiles to cmake
* added eigen2 (4 versions: vec/novec and fixed/dynamic), GMM++, MTL4 interfaces
* added "transposed matrix * vector" product action
* updated blitz interface to use condensed products instead of hand coded loops
* removed some deprecated interfaces
* changed default storage order to column major for all libraries
* new generic bench timer strategy which is supposed to be more accurate
* various code clean-up

bench/btl/cmake/FindBlitz.cmake

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+# - Try to find blitz lib
+# Once done this will define
+#
+#  BLITZ_FOUND - system has blitz lib
+#  BLITZ_INCLUDES - the blitz include directory
+#  BLITZ_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use blitz
+
+# Copyright (c) 2006, Montel Laurent, <montel@kde.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2007, Allen Winter, <winter@kde.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Gael Guennebaud <g.gael@free.fr>
+# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
+# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
+
+# include(FindLibraryWithDebug)
+
+if (BLITZ_INCLUDES AND BLITZ_LIBRARIES)
+  set(Blitz_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
+endif (BLITZ_INCLUDES AND BLITZ_LIBRARIES)
+
+find_path(BLITZ_INCLUDES
+  NAMES
+  blitz/array.h
+  PATH_SUFFIXES blitz*
+  PATHS
+  $ENV{BLITZDIR}/include
+  ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}
+)
+
+find_library(BLITZ_LIBRARIES
+  blitz
+  PATHS
+  $ENV{BLITZDIR}/lib
+  ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
+)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Blitz DEFAULT_MSG
+                                  BLITZ_INCLUDES BLITZ_LIBRARIES)
+
+mark_as_advanced(BLITZ_INCLUDES BLITZ_LIBRARIES)

bench/btl/cmake/FindCBLAS.cmake

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+# include(FindLibraryWithDebug)
+
+if (CBLAS_INCLUDES AND CBLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  set(CBLAS_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
+endif (CBLAS_INCLUDES AND CBLAS_LIBRARIES)
+
+find_path(CBLAS_INCLUDES
+  NAMES
+  cblas.h
+  PATHS
+  $ENV{CBLASDIR}/include
+  ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}
+)
+
+find_library(CBLAS_LIBRARIES
+  cblas
+  PATHS
+  $ENV{CBLASDIR}/lib
+  ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
+)
+
+find_file(CBLAS_LIBRARIES
+  libcblas.so.3
+  PATHS
+  /usr/lib
+  $ENV{CBLASDIR}/lib
+  ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
+)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(CBLAS DEFAULT_MSG
+                                  CBLAS_INCLUDES CBLAS_LIBRARIES)
+
+mark_as_advanced(CBLAS_INCLUDES CBLAS_LIBRARIES)

bench/btl/cmake/FindEigen.cmake

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+# - Try to find eigen lib
+# Once done this will define
+#
+#  EIGEN_FOUND - system has eigen lib
+#  EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR - the eigen include directory
+
+# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Montel Laurent, <montel@kde.org>
+# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
+# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
+
+if (EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+  # in cache already
+  set(EIGEN_FOUND TRUE)
+
+else (EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+find_path(EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES eigen/matrix.h
+     PATHS
+     ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}
+   )
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Eigen DEFAULT_MSG EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR )
+
+
+mark_as_advanced(EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+endif(EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR)
+

bench/btl/cmake/FindEigen2.cmake

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+# - Try to find eigen2 headers
+# Once done this will define
+#
+#  EIGEN2_FOUND - system has eigen2 lib
+#  EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR - the eigen2 include directory
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Gael Guennebaud <g.gael@free.fr>
+# Adapted from FindEigen.cmake:
+# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Montel Laurent, <montel@kde.org>
+# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
+# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
+
+if (EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+  # in cache already
+  set(EIGEN2_FOUND TRUE)
+
+else (EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Eigen2 DEFAULT_MSG EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+find_path(EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES Eigen/Core
+     PATHS
+     ${Eigen_SOURCE_DIR}/
+     ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}
+   )
+
+mark_as_advanced(EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+endif(EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+

bench/btl/cmake/FindGMM.cmake

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+if (GMM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  # in cache already
+  set(GMM_FOUND TRUE)
+else (GMM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+find_path(GMM_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES gmm/gmm.h
+     PATHS
+     ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}
+     ${GMM_INCLUDE_PATH}
+   )
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(GMM DEFAULT_MSG GMM_INCLUDE_DIR )
+
+mark_as_advanced(GMM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+endif(GMM_INCLUDE_DIR)

bench/btl/cmake/MacroOptionalAddSubdirectory.cmake

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+# - MACRO_OPTIONAL_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY() combines ADD_SUBDIRECTORY() with an OPTION()
+# MACRO_OPTIONAL_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( <dir> )
+# If you use MACRO_OPTIONAL_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY() instead of ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(),
+# this will have two effects
+# 1 - CMake will not complain if the directory doesn't exist
+#     This makes sense if you want to distribute just one of the subdirs
+#     in a source package, e.g. just one of the subdirs in kdeextragear.
+# 2 - If the directory exists, it will offer an option to skip the 
+#     subdirectory.
+#     This is useful if you want to compile only a subset of all
+#     directories.
+
+# Copyright (c) 2007, Alexander Neundorf, <neundorf@kde.org>
+#
+# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
+# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
+
+
+MACRO (MACRO_OPTIONAL_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY _dir )
+   GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_fullPath ${_dir} ABSOLUTE)
+   IF(EXISTS ${_fullPath})
+      IF(${ARGC} EQUAL 2)
+        OPTION(BUILD_${_dir} "Build directory ${_dir}" ${ARGV1})
+      ELSE(${ARGC} EQUAL 2)
+        OPTION(BUILD_${_dir} "Build directory ${_dir}" TRUE)
+      ENDIF(${ARGC} EQUAL 2)
+      IF(BUILD_${_dir})
+         ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(${_dir})
+      ENDIF(BUILD_${_dir})
+   ENDIF(EXISTS ${_fullPath})
+ENDMACRO (MACRO_OPTIONAL_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY)