Re: Distinguishing Octave from Matlab

[David Bateman]

Ben Abbott wrote:
>
> On Feb 15, 2008, at 5:02 AM, David Bateman wrote:
>
>> Use Octave 3.0.0 and use the matlab syntax everywhere, in most cases it
>> should then just work.. If there are any other differences that prevent
>> it working then they should be reported as bugs. A function that does
>> what you want is
>>
>> function ret = isoctave ()
>>  persistent isoct
>>  if (isempty (isoct))
>>     isoct = exist('OCTAVE_VERSION') ~= 0;
>>  end
>>  ret = isoct;
>> end
>>
>> Regards
>> David
>
> Might this be added to the core functions?
>
> Ben
>
How does that help you if we can't convince mathworks to do the same?

D.

-- 
David Bateman                                address@hidden
Motorola Labs - Paris                        +33 1 69 35 48 04 (Ph) 
Parc Les Algorithmes, Commune de St Aubin    +33 6 72 01 06 33 (Mob) 
91193 Gif-Sur-Yvette FRANCE                  +33 1 69 35 77 01 (Fax) 

The information contained in this communication has been classified as: 

[x] General Business Information 
[ ] Motorola Internal Use Only 
[ ] Motorola Confidential Proprietary