GNU Octave 3.0 released
24 diciembre 2007 at 14:24
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Computers
Tags: gnu, octave
GNU Octave is a cross-platform Open Source alternative for the famous Matlab. Octave uses the same commands as Matlab and it’s an excellent free alternative. The new version 3.0 was released the past December 21st. The most significant changes have been the improvements of graphics (like controling the width of lines, RGB line colors are supported, the possibility of making a subplot and then use the print function to generate file with the plot, …), path handling and built-in variables. You can check out all the notable changes in the Octave official site.
Jose
24 dic 2007 15:30:07
I always had problems trying to replace Matlab with Octave, there is not a replacement for everything and some things are incompatible, but let's take a look at the new version. Saludos ;-)
Alfonso Jiménez
24 dic 2007 16:21:36
Jose, I can do anything with Octave. What do you find impossible to do?
Regards
F.J. Sánchez
25 dic 2007 06:18:15
I don't see anothing in the documentation about a symbolic toolboox… Futhermore, matlab has a big application that works hand with hand with it, Simulink.
I think octave is in the way, but there are a lot to improve and to extende to get the same functionality as Matlab actually has.
F.J. Sánchez
25 dic 2007 06:19:58
As you can see my last message is quite "buggy" :p
Es tarde y tengo sueño :p
Jose
25 dic 2007 12:50:47
Hi! I'm sure with Octave you can do anything :-) What I wanted to say is that in a moment of my life I had to use some Matlab scripts using Octave and it was not fully compatible. For instance, the syntax for plotting is slightly different, and in 2D cell arrays the indices are inverted. However, this was just a special case where I had to use Matlab and Octave at the same time :-( I'm sure Octave is great and if you forget about Matlab you can do everything! Saludos,
Jose
Alfonso Jiménez
27 dic 2007 21:03:21
Fran: Take a look at this link.
Jose: It's true that there are some little changes, but next time you will need to use Matlab, give a chance to Octave.
Regards
Victoriano
30 dic 2007 23:59:23
Qué cosas más chulas
Alfonso Jiménez
31 dic 2007 15:30:59
Victoriano, yo sé que a tí te mola mucho todas estas cosas :)