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[project @ 1997-01-07 09:39:47 by jwe]
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date Tue, 07 Jan 1997 09:39:47 +0000
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1 Subject: ANNOUNCE: Octave Version 2.0 released 1 Subject: ANNOUNCE: Octave Version 2.0.1 released
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3 Octave version 2.0 is now available for ftp from ftp.che.wisc.edu 3 Octave version 2.0.1 is now available for ftp from ftp.che.wisc.edu
4 in the directory /pub/octave. Diffs from the previous release are not 4 in the directory /pub/octave. Diffs from the previous release are
5 available because they would be quite large. 5 also available in the same directory.
6 6
7 This is a major new release and includes many new features. 7 -rw-r--r-- 1 jwe 3269864 Jan 7 03:02 octave-2.0.1.tar.gz
8 User-visible changes since the last release are listed in the file 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 jwe 33695 Jan 7 03:10 octave-2.0-2.0.1.patch.gz
9 NEWS, which is included in the distribution and available from
10 ftp.che.wisc.edu in the file /pub/octave/NEWS. The ChangeLog files in
11 the source distribution contain a more detailed record of changes
12 made since the last release.
13 9
14 Most bugs reported since the release of version 1.1.1 have been fixed. 10 This is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the release of
15 You can help make Octave more reliable by reporting any bugs you find 11 version 2.0 have been fixed. There are no new features. You can help
16 to bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu. 12 make Octave more reliable by reporting any bugs you find to
13 bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu.
17 14
18 What is Octave? 15 Octave is a high-level interactive language primarily intended for
19 --------------- 16 numerical computations. It is mostly compatible with Matlab.
20 17
21 Octave is a high-level interactive language, primarily intended for 18 Additional information is available on the WWW at
22 numerical computations that is mostly compatible with Matlab.
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24 Octave can do arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, 20 http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave
25 solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrate functions over
26 finite and infinite intervals, and integrate systems of ordinary
27 differential and differential-algebraic equations.
28
29 Octave uses the GNU readline library to handle reading and editing
30 input. By default, the line editing commands are similar to the
31 cursor movement commands used by GNU Emacs, and a vi-style line
32 editing interface is also available. At the end of each session, the
33 command history is saved, so that commands entered during previous
34 sessions are not lost.
35
36 The Octave distribution includes a 200+ page Texinfo manual. Access
37 to the complete text of the manual is available via the help command
38 at the Octave prompt.
39
40 Two and three dimensional plotting is fully supported using gnuplot.
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42 The underlying numerical solvers are currently standard Fortran ones
43 like Lapack, Odepack, Dassl, the Blas, etc., packaged in a library
44 of C++ classes. If possible, the Fortran subroutines are compiled
45 with the system's Fortran compiler, and called directly from the C++
46 functions. If that's not possible, you can still compile Octave if
47 you have the free Fortran to C translator f2c.
48
49 Octave is also free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
50 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
51 Free Software Foundation.
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54 John W. Eaton 23 John W. Eaton
55 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu 24 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
56 University of Wisconsin-Madison 25 University of Wisconsin-Madison