Octave compared to Matlab

[Peter Waller]

I have used MatLab for some years now and it has been a challenge to avoid
loops.
eg.
for k=1:Nbr
  k(1,k)=testfunction(k);
end;

If this loop is run in matlab then 'testfunction' is compiled for every
'k'.
>From the octave manual I have understood that octave compiles every
function before executing it. 
Does this mean that 'testfunction' is only compiled once during the loop? 

How does octave compile, is the code optimized?


I would like to thank Mario Storti for his answer on my vector problem, it
is great to have an email list like this!

/Peter Waller