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4 <title> Octave -- a high-level language for numerical computations </title> |
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7 <body> |
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8 <h1>Octave</h1> |
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10 <p> |
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11 Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical |
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12 computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for |
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13 solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically. |
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15 <hr> |
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17 <h2>News</h2> |
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18 <p> |
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19 Version 2.0.9 was released Thursday July 10, 1997. Most bugs reported |
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20 since the release of version 2.0 have been fixed. |
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23 <p> |
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24 Version 2.0 was released Tuesday December 10, 1996. There are many |
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25 new features including: |
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26 <ul> |
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27 <li>dynamic linking support on more systems</li> |
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28 <li>user-defined data types</li> |
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29 <li>many new functions</li> |
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30 <li>lots of bug fixes</li> |
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31 </ul> |
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32 A more complete <a href="NEWS-2.html">list of changes for version 2</a> |
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33 is a available as is an older <a href="NEWS-1.html">list of changes for |
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34 versions up to 1.1.1</a>. |
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35 </p> |
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36 |
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37 <h3>Source and Binaries</h3> |
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38 <p> |
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39 Octave source and binaries are available by anonymous ftp from |
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40 <a href="ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave">ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave</a>. |
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41 </p> |
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43 <p> |
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44 Additional information about using |
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45 <a href="http://wotan.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de/os2/Octave/octave.html"> |
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46 Octave on OS/2 systems</a> is available, thanks to the work of |
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47 <a href="mailto:gebhardt@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstdt.de">Klaus Gebhardt</a>. |
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48 </p> |
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50 <p> |
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51 <a href="http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32"> |
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52 Binaries for Windows NT/95 systems</a> are also available, thanks to |
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53 the work of <a href="mailto:khan@xraylith.wisc.edu">Mumit Khan</a>. |
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54 </p> |
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55 |
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56 <h3>Documentation</h3> |
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57 <p> |
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58 To get started, there is a |
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59 <a href="readme.html">brief introduction</a>, and also the |
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60 <a href="doc/octave_1.html">preface</a> to the manual. For more |
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61 detailed information, you can browse the |
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62 <a href="doc/octave_toc.html">complete documentation</a>, which has |
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63 been converted to HTML directly from the Texinfo source using |
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64 texi2html. |
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65 </p> |
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66 |
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67 <p> |
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68 If you still have questions, there is always the |
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69 <a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/info2www?(octave-faq)Top"> |
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70 FAQ</a> (with answers). |
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71 </p> |
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72 |
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73 <h3>Mailing Lists</h3> |
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74 <p> |
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75 There are three active mailing lists devoted to Octave. The |
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76 <em>help-octave</em> mailing list is available for questions related |
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77 to using, installing, and porting Octave that are not adequately |
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78 answered by the Octave manual or by the FAQ. The <em>bug-octave</em> |
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79 list is used for reporting bugs. the <em>octave-sources</em> list is |
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80 for posting sources and enhancements to Octave. |
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81 A <a href="mailing-lists/index.html">complete archive</a> of postings |
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82 and <a href="mailing-lists/index.html#JOIN">instructions for joining |
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83 the lists</a> is also available. |
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84 </p> |
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86 <h3>Contributed Functions</h3> |
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87 <p> |
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88 An archive of contributed functions for Octave is available from |
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89 <a href="http://www.tsc.uvigo.es/GTS/Octave">http://www.tsc.uvigo.es/GTS/Octave</a>. |
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90 </p> |
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91 |
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92 <hr> |
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93 <p> |
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94 <a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/~jwe">John W. Eaton</a><br> |
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95 <a href="mailto:jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu"><i>jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu</i></a><br> |
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96 University of Wisconsin<br> |
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97 Department of Chemical Engineering<br> |
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98 Madison WI 53719 |
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99 </p> |
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