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Re: origin of the index syntax
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David Bateman |
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Re: origin of the index syntax |
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Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:43:11 +0200 |
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Francesco Potorti` wrote:
Dear Octave users,
does anyone know where the index expression syntax used in Octave comes
from? Is the Matlab people who invented it? Or else it is older? Was
it just the evolution of something in common usage?
I believe the syntax was developed at the time when octave-forge was
being setup, and its category index was also being setup. Probably Paul
Kienzle had a hand in the development, however the original author of
the make_index script, that makes use of the INDEX files to create the
category index, is Albert Danial. So if there is someone to praise
(blame :-) ) for the INDEX file syntax it is probably him.
I would like to know because, in a program we are planning to write, we
will very likely use the same index expression syntax as Octave's, and
we would like to find a proper name to describe it.
As for a proper name for the scheme why not "octave indexing files".
D.
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