Octave interface from third-party app?

[Parker, Joel J. K. (GSFC-5950)]

Hi all,

I'm currently working with a cross-platform C++ app that talks to Matlab 
through its COM interface (on Windows) and its shared library interface 
elsewhere. We use this to drive Matlab (and call Matlab functions) from within 
our own scripting language.

I'm wondering if there's a way to call Octave in the same way. Is there a 
"liboctave" that a third-party app can load and talk to, send commands to, get 
results from, etc.?

Thanks,
- Joel Parker