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Subject: Re: FW: MATLAB clone From: Orlando San Martin <orlando@inreach.com> Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 17:08:27 -0700 Zailo Leite wrote: > Some one asked for a matlab clone in this list recently. Take a look at > SCILAB, developed at the INRIA french lab, it might fit the bill. I've been > toying with it (since I changed jobs and I can't afford a personal copy of > MATLAB) and it seems OK for my needs... I have never tried myself, but have heard that something called OCTAVE to be found at : http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave/ is kinda a Matlab clone !!. let me know if you find out about any of this !!. > GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily > intended for numerical computations. It provides a > convenient command line interface for solving linear > and nonlinear problems numerically, and for > performing other numerical experiments using a > language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It > may also be used as a batch-oriented language.