Re: compatability- lsim() suggestions?

[A S Hodel]

One possibility is to put in a line like:

if( exist('ss2sys') )
  % octave code here
elseif exist('ss'))
  % matlab code here
else
  error('uh-oh!')
end

I guess that's his option (a).

On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 12:32 PM, Raymond Rogers wrote:
The interface is a bit different.
> > You could:
> >  (a) write code which does a runtime check and calls
> >   either ss or ss2sys,
> >  (b) write an install script that converts from ss2sys to
> >   sys when installing in matlab  (or vice versa),
> >  (c) write ss for octave and add it to octave or
> >    octave-forge, or
> >  (d) write ss2sys for matlab and install it if needed.
>
>
> Thanks, although I feel like I am back in some elections where I have 
> to pick the lesser of evils.
> b) Is out; I see nothing but trouble
> a) is fine; except I don't know how to do it.  Maybe after I recieve 
> the GNU Octave book.
> c) Is fine and benenficial; but I incur a maintenence responsibility 
> (and expose my coding for all to see).  I am reminded of Knuth's 
> comments where he spent 1-2 years on a OS project, somebody asked him 
> to describe the result, he was so embarassed he took twice as long to 
> clean it up for presentation (as I recall).
> d) Well...  I would rather build up Octave, but it would build up 
> compatability.  If anyone ever knew about it.
>
> I will cheat for a while, and wait for the book.
>
> Ray
>
> Ray
>
>
>
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