References

GEL contains references with a C like syntax. & references a variable and * dereferences a variable. Both can only be applied to an identifier, so **a is not legal in GEL.

Example:

a=1;
b=&a;
*b=2;
now 'a' contains 2.
function f(x) = x+1;
t=&f;
*t(3)
gives us 4.