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1 Subject: ANNOUNCE: Octave Version 2.0.2 released |
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3 Octave version 2.0.3 is now available for ftp from ftp.che.wisc.edu |
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4 in the directory /pub/octave. Diffs from the previous release are |
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5 also available in the same directory. |
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7 -rw-r--r-- 1 jwe 3312470 Feb 18 13:08 octave-2.0.3.tar.gz |
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8 -rw-r--r-- 1 jwe 217812 Feb 18 13:43 octave-2.0.2-2.0.3.patch. |
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10 In addition to the source distributions, there are binary |
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11 distributions available for Linux running on Intel systems, OSF/1 |
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12 running on Alpha systems, and HA-UX 9.x running on HPPA systems. |
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13 Binary distributions for other platforms will be available from |
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14 ftp.che.wisc.edu when they are contributed by volunteers. If you |
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15 would like to help to make a binary distribution available, please |
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16 contact bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu. |
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18 Version 2.0.3 is primarily a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported |
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19 since the release of version 2.0.2 have been fixed. There are also a |
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20 few new features, including: |
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22 * The manual has been completely revised and now corresponds much |
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23 more closely to the features of the current version. |
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25 * The return value for assignment expressions is now the RHS since |
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26 that is more consistent with the way other programming languages |
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27 work. However, Octave still prints the entire LHS value so that |
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29 x = zeros (1, 2); |
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30 x(2) = 1 |
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32 still prints |
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34 x = |
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36 0 1 |
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38 but an assignment like |
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40 z = x(2) = 1 |
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42 sets z to 1 (not [ 0, 1 ] as in previous versions of Octave). |
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44 * It is now much easier to make binary distributions. See the |
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45 Binary Distributions section of the manual for more details. |
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48 You can help make Octave more reliable by reporting any bugs you find |
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49 to bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu. |
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51 Octave is a high-level interactive language primarily intended for |
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52 numerical computations. It is mostly compatible with Matlab. |
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54 Additional information is available on the WWW at |
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56 http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave |
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58 -- |
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59 John W. Eaton |
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60 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu |
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61 University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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62 Department of Chemical Engineering |
