Annotation of OpenXM_contrib/pari/Announce.2.0.beta, Revision 1.1.1.1
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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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