Perl Data Language
Scientific computing with Perl
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Recent News
- 2013-05-16
- PDL-2.006_02 released with 64bit support This is the 2nd release with 64bit index support for testing and evaluation.
- 2013-05-12
- PDL-2.006_01 released with 64bit support This CPAN Developers release makes the latest PDL git with 64bit index support available for general use, test, feedback, and development. Please give it a try!
- 2013-03-23
- PDL-2.006 released! This release marks truly cross-platform graphics support, many fixes and enhancements.
- 2013-03-23
- An updated edition of the PDL Book for PDL-2.006 features improved examples. The first steps with PDL chapter should me more workable than ever!
PDL ("Perl Data Language") gives standard Perl the ability to compactly store and speedily manipulate the large N-dimensional data arrays which are the bread and butter of scientific computing.
PDL turns Perl into a free, array-oriented, numerical language similar to (but, we believe, better than) such commercial packages as IDL and MatLab. One can write simple perl expressions to manipulate entire numerical arrays all at once. Simple interactive shells, pdl2 and perldl, are provided for use from the command line along with the PDL module for use in Perl scripts.