sinc & compiled octave

[Ted Harding]

1. John Utz's query about sinc(x) = sin(x)/x:
       sin(-0.01:.001:.01)./(-0.1:.001:.01)
   attempts to divide by zero in mid-range. A special definition for x=0
   is needed, e.g.
       sin([ -0.01:.001:-.001 pi/2 .001:.001:.01 ]) ...
        ./([ -0.01:.001:-.001  1   .001:.001:.01 ])

2. Can anyone say where a _compiled_ version of OCTAVE-1.0 for Linux
   on i386 can be obtained by ftp? I haven't enough disk space to compile,
   but could easily install the binary.

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