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MATLAB [was Re: DHARMI project]


>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Archibald <aarchiba@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> writes:

    Andrew> Octave could be made to run on guile, with some effort.  I
    Andrew> don't think the MATLAB language is worth preserving.

I strongly disagree--compatibility with MATLAB is the major advantage
of Octave w.r.t. SciLab, RLab, etc.
I regularly share Octave code with people using MATLAB, and I would
think that I am not the only one.  The language might be less than
ideal, but it has been used by many people and is a de-facto
standard.

One of the reasons I like Guile is the use of a standard language.

Don't we have enough little (and not so little) languages?  

regards
Roland