<s>
QuantLib	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
software	O
library	O
which	O
provides	O
tools	O
for	O
software	O
developers	O
and	O
practitioners	O
interested	O
in	O
financial	O
instrument	O
valuation	O
and	O
related	O
subjects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuantLib	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QuantLib	B-Language
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
a	O
few	O
quantitative	O
analysts	O
who	O
worked	O
at	O
RiskMap	O
(	O
currently	O
StatPro	O
Italia	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
e-mail	O
announcing	O
QuantLib	B-Language
to	O
the	O
world	O
was	O
sent	O
on	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
signed	O
by	O
Ferdinando	O
Ametrano	O
,	O
Luigi	O
Ballabio	O
and	O
Marco	O
Marchioro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
QuantLib	B-Language
project	O
is	O
headed	O
by	O
Luigi	O
Ballabio	O
and	O
Ferdinando	O
Ametrano	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuantLib	B-Language
is	O
available	O
as	O
C++	B-Language
source	O
code	O
which	O
is	O
compiled	O
into	O
a	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	O
operation	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
with	O
other	O
languages	O
via	O
SWIG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Python	B-Language
binding	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
via	O
pip	B-Application
;	O
the	O
"	O
RQuantLib	O
"	O
package	O
makes	O
parts	O
of	O
QuantLib	B-Language
accessible	O
from	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
QuantLib	B-Language
's	O
functionality	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Excel	O
via	O
the	O
add-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuantLib	B-Language
is	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
modified	B-Operating_System
BSD	I-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
known	O
as	O
the	O
XFree86-type	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
