Some Useful C Libraries
Explore essential C libraries such as GLib for data structures, GSL for numerical functions, BLAS/LAPACK for high-performance linear algebra, Apophenia for statistical analysis, and Gnuplot for graphical data visualization. This lesson helps you understand how to extend C's capabilities by integrating powerful libraries for diverse programming tasks.
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Because C is such a ‘small’ language, you must typically rely on libraries and APIs for complex tasks (unless you code them up yourself).
Here is a short list of some common libraries that you might find useful:
- GLib
- GNU Scientific Library
- BLAS/LAPACK
- Apophenia
- Gnuplot
We’ll go through them one by one, starting with GLib.
GLib
The GLib library contains many useful data structures and building blocks that we sort of get ‘for free’ in languages like MATLAB and Python—data structures like lists, hash tables (otherwise known as dictionaries), arrays, trees, etc.
Next up, we have GSL, which is used for complex calculations.
GSL
The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) provides a ...