Annotation of OpenXM_contrib/pari/Announce.2.0.beta, Revision 1.1
1.1 ! maekawa 1:
! 2: Announcement of the Pari-2.0.BETA release
! 3:
! 4: This message is to announce the beta release of version 2.0 of the
! 5: PARI/GP system.
! 6:
! 7: For those who do not yet know, PARI/GP is a package which is aimed at
! 8: efficient computations in number theory, but also contains a large number
! 9: of other useful functions. It is somewhat related to a Computer Algebra
! 10: System, but is not really one since it treats symbolic expressions as
! 11: mathematical entities such as polynomials, series, matrices, etc..., and
! 12: not as expressions per se. However it is often much faster than other
! 13: CAS, and contains a huge number of specific functions not found
! 14: elsewhere, essentially for use in number theory.
! 15:
! 16: In addition this package is free. It can be used in an interactive shell (GP)
! 17: or as a C/C++ library (PARI). The source code (including documentation) can
! 18: be found at
! 19:
! 20: ftp://megrez.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/pari.tar.gz
! 21:
! 22: It should compile on most UNIX systems. In any case, we provide GP binaries
! 23: for some major architectures/operating systems, including various brands of
! 24: UNIXes, DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/NT both native (if you have to)
! 25: and using Cygnus user tools (preferred), 680x0 and PowerPC Macintosh (*)...
! 26: They can be found in the subdirectories of
! 27:
! 28: ftp://megrez.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari
! 29:
! 30: If you have more questions about PARI, you can visit
! 31:
! 32: http://pari.home.ml.org
! 33:
! 34: or email us at
! 35:
! 36: pari@math.u-bordeaux.fr
! 37:
! 38: Enjoy!
! 39:
! 40: (*) This is not quite true at the time of this writing (pari-dev release).
! 41: This will hopefully be completed before the official release.
! 42: ========================================================================
! 43:
! 44: From the README file:
! 45:
! 46: The `beta' status means that a substantial amount of testing has been done,
! 47: but bugs might still be lurking in the code and the documentation might not
! 48: be absolutely accurate. Apart from this word of caution, we believe this
! 49: version is stable enough to be released for public use and for site-wide
! 50: installations.
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