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diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr index bef603c7c902..c2f2ec076dc3 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ -This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering -facilities to compile symbolic math trees (formulas) to C code. It also -uses Inline::C to compile and link the generated C code at run-time, thus -allowing the user to do symbolic calculations in Perl with Math::Symbolic +This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering +facilities to compile symbolic math trees (formulas) to C code. It also +uses Inline::C to compile and link the generated C code at run-time, thus +allowing the user to do symbolic calculations in Perl with Math::Symbolic and then use the results in a fast numeric environment. -This software generates code. Code generators are difficult to test, but -the first release of the module is now 1.5 years old and I haven't +This software generates code. Code generators are difficult to test, but +the first release of the module is now 1.5 years old and I haven't received any bug reports, so I consider it somewhat stable now. -Please read the manpage of Math::Symbolic::Compiler which comes with the -Math::Symbolic distribution. Most of the gotchas involved with compiling -the functions to Perl subroutines also apply to this module which compiles +Please read the manpage of Math::Symbolic::Compiler which comes with the +Math::Symbolic distribution. Most of the gotchas involved with compiling +the functions to Perl subroutines also apply to this module which compiles to C instead. -Alternatively, you can use the module not for faster calculations from -your Perl program, but to generate C code for you. I have used it to +Alternatively, you can use the module not for faster calculations from +your Perl program, but to generate C code for you. I have used it to generate an implementation for (many!) Zernike Polynomials for work in C. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/ |