GAL - General Astrodynamics Library
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This is GAL, the General Astrodynamics Library, a collection of numerical
routines for astrodynamics computing.

GAL is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Availability
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The current stable version of GAL is always available from 
http://homepage.mac.com/pclwillmott/GAL/ 

Installation
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GAL follows the standard GNU installation procedure.  Please consult
the INSTALL file in this distribution for more detailed instructions.

For information about specific platforms and compilers see the
"Compilation Notes" section in the INSTALL file.

More information about GAL
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The project homepage is http://homepage.mac.com/pclwillmott/GAL/

See the NEWS file for recent changes to the library.

Reporting Bugs
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A list of known bugs can be found in the BUGS file.  
Details of compilation problems can be found in the INSTALL file.

If you find a bug which is not listed in these files please report it
to vp9mu@amsat.org.

All bug reports should include:

       The version number of GAL, and where you obtained it.
       The hardware and operating system
       The compiler used, including version number and compilation options
       A description of the bug behaviour
       A short program which reproducibly exercises the bug

It is useful if you can check whether the same problem occurs when the
library is compiled without optimization.  Thank you.

Any errors or omissions in the manual can also be reported to the
same address.

Contributing to GAL
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If you are interested in participating in GAL development, please see
the developers' webpage at http://homepage.mac.com/pclwillmott/GAL/devel.html


