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- This message announces the availability of JACAL release jacal1a4.
-
- New in jacal1a4 are:
-
- From: Jerry D. Hedden <HEDDEN@esdsdf.dnet.ge.com>
- * slib.texi: tensor operators documented.
- * rw.math: General Relativity batch file updated.
- * tensor.scm: updated.
-
- From: Hal Abelson <hal@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
- * unparse.scm (hglue): did not handle missing optional arguments
- correctly.
-
- JACAL is a symbolic mathematics system for the simplification and
- manipulation of equations and single and multiple valued algebraic
- expressions constructed of numbers, variables, radicals, and algebraic
- functions, differential, and holonomic functions. In addition,
- vectors and matrices of the above objects are included.
-
- JACAL is written in Scheme. A version of Scheme (IEEE P1178 and R4RS
- compliant) written in C is available with JACAL. SCM runs on Amiga,
- Atari-ST, MacOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix and similar
- systems.
-
- JACAL source is available via FTP (detailed instructions follow) from:
- altdorf.ai.mit.edu:archive/scm/jacal1a4.tar.gz (or later revision).
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/jacal/jacal1a4.tar.gz
- nexus.yorku.ca:pub/scheme/new/jacal1a4.tar.gz
- ftp.maths.tcd.ie:pub/bosullvn/jacal/jacal1a4.tar.gz
-
- SLIB is a portable scheme library which JACAL requires:
- altdorf.ai.mit.edu:archive/scm/slib1d5.tar.gz
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/jacal/slib1d5.tar.gz
- nexus.yorku.ca:pub/scheme/new/slib1d5.tar.gz
- ftp.maths.tcd.ie:pub/bosullvn/jacal/slib1d5.tar.gz
-
- SCM is a small Scheme implementation under which JACAL will run.
- altdorf.ai.mit.edu:archive/scm/scm4d3.tar.gz
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/jacal/scm4d3.tar.gz
- nexus.yorku.ca:pub/scheme/new/scm4d3.tar.gz
- ftp.maths.tcd.ie:pub/bosullvn/jacal/scm4d3.tar.gz
-
- Programs for printing and viewing TexInfo documentation (which JACAL
- has) come with GNU Emacs or can be obtained via ftp from:
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/texinfo-3.1.tar.gz
-
- Files in these directories are compressed with patent-free gzip (no
- relation to zip). The program to uncompress them is available from
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/gzip-1.2.4.tar
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/gzip-1.2.4.shar
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/gzip-1.2.4.msdos.exe
-
- ftp altdorf.ai.mit.edu [18.43.0.152] (anonymous)
- bin
- cd archive/scm
- get jacal1a4.tar.gz
- get slib1d5.tar.gz
- get scm4d3.tar.gz
- or
- ftp prep.ai.mit.edu (anonymous)
- bin
- cd pub/gnu/jacal
- get jacal1a4.tar.gz
- get slib1d5.tar.gz
- get scm4d3.tar.gz
-
- `jacal1a4.tar.gz' is a compressed tar file of the JACAL Scheme code.
- `slib1d5.tar.gz' is a compressed tar file of a Scheme Library.
- `scm4d3.tar.gz' is a compressed tar file of the C code distribution.
-
- Remember to use binary mode when transferring the files.
- Be sure to get and read the GNU General Public License (COPYING).
- It is included in scm4d3.tar.gz and jacal1a4.tar.gz.
-
- To receive an IBM PC floppy disk with the documentation, source, and
- executable files, send $99.00 to: Aubrey Jaffer, 84 Pleasant St.,
- Wakefield MA 01880 USA.
-
- If you like JACAL you can support the developement and maintainence of
- it by buying a disk from me or by sending money to the above address.
-