Re: Did I miss something about structures and function handles

[kensmith]

On Saturday 18 August 2007 21:42, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 18/08/07, kensmith <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Imagine that the "this" was "$$$$".  I'm fairly sure that $$$$
> > isn't a MatLab symbol.  All MatLab code could still run in octave.
>
> Not the Matlab code that uses Matlab OOP.
>
> Seriously, although sometime I find myself hoping that Matlab
> compatibility isn't a design goal, it's what the majority wants, and
> in the end what we should do. This does mean, unfortunately, that
> we're going to have to play catch-up with Matlab until Octave
> surpasses Matlab in userbase (ah, to see the day that Matlab plays
> catch-up with Octave like Internet Explorer did with Firefox...)
>
> The code is already out there. Lots more Matlab code than Octave
> code. If we want to increase usage of Octave, making Matlab as much a
> subset of Octave as possible is the way to go.
>
> Anyways, this probably belongs in the dev list. We should continue it
> there, if you wish.
>
> - Jordi G. H.

Now that I know it isn't just something I've over looked, yes it belongs 
over there as a new development.  I am too new to octave really to take 
this a lot further.  I am not yet subscribed to the dev list.  If I 
have some time next weekend, I may do so.

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