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Fw: Future of Octave
From: |
Prof M. N. Anandaram |
Subject: |
Fw: Future of Octave |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:37:23 -0700 (PDT) |
----- Forwarded Message ----
From: John W. Eaton <address@hidden>
To: Prof M. N. Anandaram <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:26:06 AM
Subject: Re: Future of Octave
I think you only replied to me. If you want others to see this
message, please post it to the mailing list.
jwe
On 22-Aug-2008, Prof M. N. Anandaram wrote:
| Hi John and others:
| The feature set that Octave 3.0.X comes with is quite adequate for the needs
| of a science/engg student (highschool to PhD level) or a professional too.
| It is not necessary for it to be a replacement of Matlab in all respects.
Those who want
| such a thing can try Scilab( a French product available under GNUGPL) which
already comes
| closer to Matlab.
| As one interested in computational astrophysics I find that programming in
Octave is far more
| easier than doing it in Fortran XX(=64,66,77,90,95 etc). Bill Paxton (EZWeb)
a Kavli Institute scholar in
| California and Frank Timmes (cococubed.com) of Arizona (and many others)
have made available in
| their websites a large number of Fortran programs relating to stellar
structure and evolution.
| My goal is to do this in Octave and have started translating some of the
programs. Others interested
| in developing a suite of astrophysics programs for Octave are welcome to join
me.
| In this respect I would request Octave to start an Octave File Exchange - a
section of user contributed
| application programs similar to Matlab File Exchange. I am ready to
contribute a few!
| This is one of the ways Octave can advance as an alternatative for fortran
like programming
| anandaram
|
|
| ----- Original Message ----
| From: John W. Eaton <address@hidden>
| To: isaacgerg <address@hidden>
| Cc: address@hidden
| Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:58:05 PM
| Subject: Future of Octave
|
| On 21-Aug-2008, isaacgerg wrote:
|
| | I think Octave is a really great tool and was impressed by the number of
| | functions you have implemented. I was wondering though, where is Octave
| | going? What are you short term goals (1 year) and long term goals (5 years
| | and 10 years).
|
| The future of Octave is whatever the community of users and developers
| of Octave want it to be.
|
| If you are a member of the community, then what goals do you have for
| Octave, and what will you do to make those goals a reality?
|
| jwe
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