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On the Design of CGAL, a computational geometry algorithms library

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Fabri,  Andreas
Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society;

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Kettner,  Lutz
Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society;

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Schirra,  Stefan
Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society;

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Fabri, A., Giezeman, G.-J., Kettner, L., Schirra, S., & Schönherr, S. (2000). On the Design of CGAL, a computational geometry algorithms library. Software - Practice and Experience, 30(11), 1167-1202. Retrieved from http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/72517074/START.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000F-33E0-2
Abstract
CGAL is a {\em Computational Geometry Algorithms Library\/} written in C{\tt ++}, which is being developed by research groups in Europe and Israel. The goal is to make the large body of geometric algorithms developed in the field of computational geometry available for industrial application. We discuss the major design goals for CGAL, which are correctness, flexibility, ease-of-use, efficiency, and robustness, and present our approach to reach these goals. Generic programming using templates in C{\tt ++} plays a central role in the architecture of \cgal. We give a short introduction to generic programming in C{\tt ++}, compare it to the object-oriented programming paradigm, and present examples where both paradigms are used effectively in CGAL. Moreover, we give an overview of the current structure of the CGAL-library and consider software engineering aspects in the CGAL-project.