Package: gap-dev (4r4p12-1)

GAP computer algebra system, compiler and development files

GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra with particular emphasis on computational group theory, but which has already proved useful also in other areas. In the example text, gap is used to analyse Rubik's Cube using group theory. A kernel implements a Pascal-like language.

This package contains the GAP compiler and the headers files and objects files necessary to build GAP packages.

The GAP compiler (GAC) creates C code from GAP code and then calls the system's C compiler to produce machine code from it. This can result in a speedup.

Tags: Software Development: Compiler, Libraries, Field: Mathematics, Role: Development Library, Documentation, Works with: Source Code