Re: looking for comments on porting code

[Mostyn Bramley-Moore]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Jonathan King wrote:
> I know that the porting of SPM has been something that a *lot* of people
> have thought about for quite some time, but then nobody ever quite pulls
> the trigger.  My presumption is that this is because when you're
> shelling out anywhere between $200 and $700 per subject to acquire data,
> the cost of a Matlab license (as opposed to a porting effort) gets lost
> in the noise.

Matlab's licensing scheme is such a hassle, we often run into trouble when
relicensing machines.  

> Multidimensional arrays are a big deal, and I think there may be a couple
> of other "gotchas" in there, too, although it's been awhile since I've
> looked at the SPM code.

I'd like to hear about any of those "gotchas" that anybody knows :)  

> > Do people here think that this would be a worthwhile project?  Is anybody
> > working on some of this already?  
> 
> Worthwhile, certainly.  Also often contemplated, but I don't think
> anybody's really done it; I can ask around a bit to make sure, if you
> like.

It would be fantastic if you could do that.  

Thanks for your ideas, 

Mostyn Bramley-Moore.
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