Number::Uncertainty
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What is it?
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The module is an object orientated interface to allow a number and an
uncertainty on the number to be stored in one tidy little bundle that
can be passed around

Why do it?
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While other, packages a lot like this one are floating around, none do
exactly what required. It was easier to hack out another one than try and
kludge our ideas into the form factor of an existing package.

Provides
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The package provides the following classes

    Number::Uncertainty

further information can be found in the POD included in Uncertainty.pm

Where can I get it?
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The package is availabe from CPAN <http://www.cpan.org/>.

Installation
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Installation is automated using the ExtUtils::MakeMaker library

     % perl Makefile.PL
     % make
     % make test
     % make install

Authors
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The module was written by Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>, of the 
University of Exeter Astrophysics Group (http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/) 
as part of his work for the eSTAR project.

License
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This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program 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. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
Place,Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA