Jonathan Leto and student Thierry Moisan are working on the Perl
CPAN module Math::GSL , which is a SWIG+XS implementation of
GSL, the GNU Scientific Library.  Most of the work was done
over the last three months, funded by the Google Summer of Code.

Work continues.  Almost all the modules are working and extensively
tested, with a few of the function handlers (integration,
convolution, etc.) still needing work.  Jonathan gave a
presentation about SWIG at our user group tonight, and we
hijacked it to talk about scientific computation instead.

Jonathan just set up a Google Group to discuss Math::GSL and
other topics related to Perl and scientific computing, and I
expect others on this list will be interested.  Sign up for
Google Groups, get a free Gmail account, and go to:

http://groups.google.com/group/perl-scientific-computing

You may also be interested in helping with Math::GSL :

http://groups.google.com/group/math-gsl-dev

When Math::GSL gets a little further along, it will make a nice
add-on to Scientific Linux.

Keith

-- 
Keith Lofstrom          [log in to unmask]         Voice (503)-520-1993
KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon"
Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs