2012/6/9 Sergei Steshenko
<address@hidden>Hi Sergei,
I know what is 'shell'.
Of course. I misinterpreted your question
Regarding "the idea was to generate numbers that can be used to control calculations in programs _other_ that octave" - you probably mean not "_other_ that", but '_other_ than'.
"_other_ than", obviously :-)
Anyway, Octave has 'system' function, and using it other than Octave programs can be called. That's what the function is for.
So, again, why a 'shell' script is needed in this case ? Again, what is
the feature of 'shell' script language that is not present in Octave
language which justifies using 'shell' script ?
Yes, you can do that too. That means that octave is the main control-program and calls everything else.
I just like to do it the other way around and use the shell as the main control-program and octave is one of the programs called by the shell.
No big deal, it works either way.
Stefan
Thanks,
Sergei.