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GNU Octave 3.0 Released After 11 Years

Posted by kdawson on from the math-just-works dept.

Digana writes "GNU Octave is a free numerical computing environment highly compatible with the MATLAB language. After 11 years of development since version 2.0, stable version 3.0 released yesterday. This version is interesting because unlike other free or semi-free MATLAB competitors like Scilab, specific compatibility with MATLAB code is a design goal. This has manifested itself in goodies like better support for MATLAB's Handle Graphics, a syntax closer to MATLAB's own for many functions, and many functions from the sister project Octave-Forge ported to the core Octave project for an enriched functionality closer to the toolboxes provided by MATLAB. GUI development is underway, but still no JIT compiling, which is a show-stopper for Octave newbies coming from MATLAB with unvectorized code."

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  1. 11 years?!?!?! Open Source **SUCKS** by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And it's Apple and Microsoft, for the win.

  2. Re:11 Years? by heinousjay · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why buy any software when fine organizations like GNU exist to steal the ideas of others and give them away for free in the name of morality?

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