Re: matlab,octave clone in java. JMathLib

[Quentin Spencer]

James R. Phillips wrote:
> The current scilab roadmap at www.scilab.org shows that version 5 is to
> be coded primarily in java.  Not due for about a year though - nothing
> available to download yet that I can see.  
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> Java is looking like possibly a good choice for open source math
> software, with Sun moving toward gpl2 licensing for it.  The scilab
> license will be less free than the java it is coded in!  I hope that
> may change in the future.
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> I don't know whether underlying fortran libraries like lapack or atlas can be 
> linked with it.
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Licensing aside, I'm afraid I don't see what makes Java so great for 
math, or anything else for that matter. Matlab's GUI is written in Java, 
and I find it ugly and slow. C++ is already object oriented, so why Java?

Quentin