What is CGAL?
CGAL is an acronym for the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library. It is at the same time the short name for the CGAL Open Source Project. The goal of the project is to provide easy access to efficient and reliable geometric algorithms to users in industry and academia. • Who is involved in CGAL? For more information see the project members and the partners and funding sources pages. • How did you make the CGAL logo? See here for information about the CGAL logo construction. • How do you pronounce CGAL? CGAL is pronounced like “seagull” in English, or “cigale” in French. • Are there example/demo programs somewhere? Yes. The CGAL distribution includes two directories containing example programs:
