GNU Data Language

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GNU Data Language
Developer(s)Marc Schellens
Initial release2004 (2004)
Stable release
1.0.4[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 16 December 2023; 3 months ago (16 December 2023)
Repository
Written in
Windows
TypeTechnical computing
LicenseGNU GPL-2.0
Websitegnudatalanguage.github.io

The GNU Data Language (GDL) is a free alternative to IDL (Interactive Data Language),[2][3][4] achieving full compatibility with IDL 7 and partial compatibility with IDL 8.[5] Together with its library routines, GDL is developed to serve as a tool for data analysis and visualization in such disciplines as astronomy,[6] geosciences, and medical imaging. GDL is licensed under the

NCAR Command Language (NCL), Perl Data Language (PDL), R, Scilab, SciPy, and Yorick
.

GDL as a language is dynamically-typed, vectorized, and has object-oriented programming capabilities. GDL library routines handle numerical calculations (e.g.

SVG, or z-buffer terminals, the last one allowing output graphics (plots) to be saved in raster graphics formats. GDL features integrated debugging facilities, such as breakpoints. GDL has a Python bridge (Python code can be called from GDL; GDL can be compiled as a Python module). GDL uses Eigen (C++ library)
numerical library (similar to Intel MKL) to offer high computing performance on multi-core processors.

Packaged versions of GDL are available for several

Solaris
.

GDL is not an official GNU package.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Release 1.0.4". 16 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ Martellaro, John (2006-12-12). "A Free Alternative to IDL". The Mac Observer. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  3. ^ Khanna (2006-12-13). "GDL .. a free IDL". MacResearch. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  4. ISBN 978-1-58381-748-3
    .
  5. ^ http://aramis.obspm.fr/~coulais/IDL_et_GDL/Adass2011/O11_ADASS2011_GDL_Coulais.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014865
    .

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