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MATLAB for Mac OS X Announced

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmmm-ath dept.

FunkDaddy writes "The MathWorks today announced its intention to make MATLAB, the industry's leading technical computing software, available on Mac OS X, with the next release of the MathWorks product line. With MATLAB on Mac OS X, users will be able to use powerful, sophisticated technical computing tools in a graphical and intuitive environment. You hear that mac-geek-scientist-guys? Rejoice!" It looks like perhaps that survey did some good.

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  1. Re:why not before? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    that is true for the math libraries, not the user interface. OS X / aqua is not XWindows... but maybe that's where java comes into play?
    it might work, if apple gets the hardware accelerated java / swing under way. it's currently in the developer tools but too buggy to be enabled by default. when it works, though, swing almost runs at native speed. not bad.

    n.

  2. Re:questions, questions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Since version 6.0, Matlab has had the ability to load Java classes and call Java methods (including AWT stuff). I think it also provides hooks to invoke the Matlab engine from Java code, and the Matlab desktop probably uses Java (I wouldn't know, I only use the command-line :).

    If they're going to support Mac OS X, it's probably in their best interest to go fully native instead of X. To do otherwise is to ask for a lot more support headaches.

  3. it runs under XDarwin by EccentricAnomaly · · Score: 3, Informative

    my sources say that matlab for OS X will run under XDarwin and not under aqua... hey, at least this gives us a chance to write something better and brand gnu :) and there's always orboros X to give XDarwin the same look and feel as aqua

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