The MeatAxe package provides algorithms for computing with finite field matrices, permutations, matrix groups, matrix algebras, and their modules.
Every such object exists outside GAP on a file, and GAP is only responsible for handling these files using the appropriate programs.
Details about the standalone can be found in~Rin93. This implementation was developed in C by
Michael Ringe
Lehrstuhl D faccent127 ur Mathematik
RWTH Aachen
52062 Aachen, Germany
e-mail mringe@math.rwth-aachen.de
GAP 3.4.4