[OS X TeX] Simple Illustration Program

[Bruno Voisin]

> This is non-TeX, I know it, but is Octave stable? Some years ago I 
> installed Octave 4.1(?) only to find out that some of the numerical 
> routines gave quite different results from Matlab. I also remember that 
> the Octave project tried to keep up with Matlab (interchangability of 
> m-files was one central issue). Has anyone experience with Octave's 
> numerical capabilities as compared to Matlab?

I don't know whether this would suit your needs, but have you tried 
another MATLAB clone, called SciLab (http://www-rocq.inria.fr/scilab)? 
There is an OS X version, but the ReadMe says "It requires a proper 
environment an Xwindow server environment (XFree)".

That being said, I've never used it, I'm sticking to Mathematica for all 
my computations so far. I heard about SciLab because computer 
administrators here are publicizing it as a free alternative to MATLAB.

Bruno Voisin


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