Re: 2 linear eq

[Paul Thomas]

> > Is his "octave help"?  I think we can be friendly even when people ask
> > stupid questions.  Let's allow people who don't know any math and have
> > never used octave before to come here and ask questions.  Where else can
> > they go?  If they bug you, don't answer.

Exactly!  By the way, I think that we all forget, at our peril, the 
conceptual hump that we all got over with octave/matlab.  The conciseness of 
the language, which is so much its attraction, is very difficult for people 
that have no programming training or were brought up on fortran/C.  Looking 
back at my own notes, I am just embarrassed at my early attempts (- some say 
that I should still be embarrassed.....!).

Let's just get on with helping Shih Lin to where he wants to be.

Paul T 




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