Re: The future of Octave

[Michele]

Alfredo Tomasini wrote:

> 
> I am using Octave since 96 and I used matlab before, I do not see the
> compatibility
> problem with matlab as a real issue.
> 
> I basic scripting is the almost similar and people that know matlab should 
> easily
> migrate
> to octave, if they like it.
> 
> My feeling is, if you like octave make a effort to learn it as it is, 
> otherwise
> buy matlab.

Yes, I exactly agree with this.

> 
> GUI interface.
> 
> Spending resource on GUI is not something that a consider high priority. For
> instance
> a tools for symbolic analysis sound to me more interesting.
> 
> "interesting book"
> In the Beginning was the Command Line
> 
> by Neal Stephenson
> 
> http://econ161.berkeley.edu/oped/virtual/stephenson_beginning.html
> 
> alfredo
> 
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