[Help-gsl] Re: Help-gsl Digest, Vol 70, Issue 6

[Awhan Patnaik]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:31 PM, <address@hidden> wrote:

>
>   1. comparison to numeric calculation software application
>      (Jason Lillywhite)
>
>
> After reading a little about gsl and trying bindings in Scheme and
> Ruby, I have come to feel that GSL is comparable to matlab, scilab, or
> mathimatica. But since then, have been told by some that I might be
> off a little. How much are we missing out on by using GSL instead of
> say, Matlab when it comes to numerical methods. BTW - I am a beginner
> in MatLab, GSL, and numerical methods.
>
> Thank you.
>

  I for one, am missing out on the burden of using proprietary software for
academic research.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/university.html