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Re: The fabled "Matlab compatibility"
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Re: The fabled "Matlab compatibility" |
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Fri, 9 Nov 2012 08:34:21 +0100 |
On 8 Nov 2012, at 23:08, address@hidden wrote:
> What are some advantages of Octave over Matlab? I do have a small personal
> list, but I wonder if you can add to it:
>
> 1) Operators: ++ , -- , += , -= , *= , /=
>
> 2) Using # for comments is nice IMO.
>
> 3) I like it as a console application (e.g. starts faster, clutters my
> screen less, etc).
>
> 4) I do think it's important that it is Free Software.
Personally I'd also add:
5) A very simple C++ API that allows to embed the Octave interpreter in your
own stand-alone application
(That's obviusly a "corollary" of being Free)
6) Broadcasting allows to write very clean code doing complex stuff with N-d
arrays
> Does that more or less cover it, or did I miss something important?
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
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